Birthday of GM Christopher Geoffrey Ward (26-iii-1968)Here is his Wikipedia entry GM Chris Ward From Chessgames.com : "Grandmaster and British Chess Champion in 1996. He is the author of several chess books, among them Winning With the Sicilian Dragon 2 (2001), Winning with the Dragon (2003) and The Controversial Samisch King's Indian (2004)." Chris plays … Continue reading Birthday of GM Chris Ward (26-iii-1968)
Signature of J du Mont from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. BCN Remembers Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956) Here is his Wikipedia entry From British Chess Magazine, Volume LXXXVI, Number 5, 1956 we have this obituary written by DJ Morgan : In our February issue we wrote an appreciation of one … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956)
Here is the citation from the 1997 BCF Official Chess Yearbook for the 1996 President's Award : He has almost single handedly fostered, developed and maintained Richmond Junior Chess for two decades. This year Richmond Juniors have won the major National competitions, and the Richmond Chess Initiative has blossomed under his skills. However, his work … Continue reading Happy Birthday Richard James (28-vii-1950)
BCN remembers IMC James Adams who passed away aged 91 on July 27th, 2013 in Worcester Park, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. James Frederick Adams was born on September 4th, 1921 in Lambeth. His parents were James J Adams (DoB: 10th October 1884) who was a plumber's mate and Lucy M Adams (née Ayres, DoB: 22nd … Continue reading Remembering IMC James Adams (04-ix-1921 27-vii-2013)
Death Anniversary of Colin Russ (19-iii-1930 22-ix-2021)
BCN remembers CM David Anderton OBE who passed away on Friday, April 1st, 2022 aged 80. In the 1977 New Years Honours List, Civil Division, David was awarded the OBE. The citation read simply : “For services to Chess” David William Anderton was born in the district of Walsall, Staffordshire, West Midlands. His mother's maiden … Continue reading Death Anniversary of CM David Anderton OBE (02-viii-1941 01-iv-2022)
We send best wishes to IM Shaun Mark Taulbut born on this day (January 11th) in 1958. IM Shaun Mark Taulbut Here is his Wikipedia article from the Polish (!) version : In 1974. I shared m. In the championship of Great Britain juniors to 16 years , whereas in 1977. Won the Brighton title … Continue reading Birthday of IM Shaun Taulbut (11-i-1958)
We send birthday wishes to GM Nick Pert born this day (January 22nd) in 1981. Jeremy Morse, Adam Hunt, Nick Pert and Nigel Short at the Lloyds Bank Masters Nick won the Southern Counties (SCCU) championship for the 2016-17 season sharing with Richard Bates. Nick and Richard Pert Here is Nick's Wikipedia entry Nick and … Continue reading Birthday of GM Nick Pert (22-i-1981)
Happy Birthday IM Richard Pert (22-i-1981) IM Richard Pert {[%evp 0,81,19,31,43,-23,33,17,37,22,8,2,14,-9,-16,-16,-15,-24,-15,-210,-201, -116,-18,-12,3,-38,23,18,29,-26,12,2,18,18,4,15,85,29,29,80,311,306,341,230, 223,246,215,215,336,309,321,322,285,264,325,275,317,341,339,333,333,152,172, 177,173,189,198,182,205,216,217,242,257,291,422,452,525,642,656,316,475,680, 687,922]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Bb4 9. e5 Bxc3 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Rb1 c5 12. bxc4 Bxd4 $6 (12... cxd4 $142) … Continue reading Birthday of IM Richard Pert (22-i-1981)
Birthday of FM Stephen William Giddins (29-01-1961) Here are his games from chessgames.com We reviewed his most recent book, co-authored with IM Gerard Welling : Side-Stepping Mainline Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6403hEafJI Side-Stepping Mainline Theory