Birthday of FM Stuart Fancy (02-i-1959)
Birthday of FM Stuart Fancy (02-i-1959)
Birthday of FM Stuart Fancy (02-i-1959)
Signature of H Golombek from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. We remember Harry Golombek OBE who passed away on Saturday, January 7th, 1995. Harry Golombek was born on Wednesday, March 1st, 1911 in Lambeth, London and his parents were Barnet (Berl) Golombek (Golabek) (1878-1943) and Emma Golombek (née Sendak) (1883-1967). The … Continue reading Death Anniversary of GM Harry Golombek OBE (01-iii-1911 07-i-1995)
We send best wishes to GM Luke James McShane on his birthday, this day (January 7th) in 1984. Here is Luke's Wikipedia entry {[%evp 0,45,26,28,41,41,43,23,44,24,40,7,25,32,20,5,5,-1,-35,-20,20,20,0,-13,6, 30,1,-17,129,129,133,134,133,136,136,137,150,153,153,161,172,172,179,183,188, 177,189,185]} 1. e4 {Rodriguez,Am} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be6 {Rodriguez: A flexible move order in … Continue reading Birthday for GM Luke James McShane (07-i-1984)
We send birthday wishes to IM George Steven Botterill born on this day (January 8th) in 1949. Here is his Wikipedia page Brian Reilly, Ray Keene, George Botterill, Anatoly Karpov, Harry Golombek and Viktor Korchnoi and here is his academic page Capa vs Corzo Rerun ? Nigel Short had 1977 British Champion George Botterill on … Continue reading Birthday of IM George Botterill (08-i-1949)
Birthday of Martyn John Corden (12-i-1951) From Chessgames.com "Martyn John Corden was Under 18 British champion in 1969 and played for England in the Siegen Olympiad in 1970."
We remember Samuel Boden, who passed away on this day, Friday, January 13th in 1882 at 3 Tavistock Street, Bedford Square, Middlesex. Death notice for Samuel Standidge Boden from The London Gazette of 21 Apr 1882 Samuel Standidge Boden was born on Thursday, May 4th, 1826 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire. His parents were James (b. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Samuel Boden (04-v-1826 13-i-1882)
Birthday of IM Andrew P Horton (15-i-1998) Andrew became a FIDE Master in 2015 and an International Master in 2018.
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)
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)
We remember Ian Duncan Wells who very sadly passed away on this day (January 25th) in 1982 aged seventeen years. From Chessgames.com : Ian Duncan Wells was born in Scarborough, England. He was awarded the FM title in 1982. At the Islington Open in December 1981 he finished 1st= with John Nunn and Tony Miles. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Ian Wells (22-vi-1964 25-i-1982)