Best wishes to IM Gary M Quillan on his birthday, this day (November 7th) in 1970.
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Congratulations FM -> IM (nearly) Marcus Harvey !
Congratulations are in order for Witney based Southampton Unversity student FM Marcus Harvey who obtained his second International Master norm at the recent Hull 4NCL International Congress by scoring 4.5/9 with wins over IM Andrew Greet and IM Richard Palliser. Marcus plays for 4NCL Wood Green.
Happy Birthday IM Chris Beaumont (28-x-1952)
Happy Birthday FM Simon Brown (14-x-1960)
Happy Birthday IMC Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935)
He was British Correspondence Champion in 1972 and awarded the IMC title in 1981.
According to Kings Indian I Attacking Systems :
“British Correspondence Champions 1971/72. Placed second in an ICCF master tourney 1973/76. A member of the British team in the 9th Olympiad 1977/80. Gained the IMC title in the European Team Championship 1978/81.”
According to Chessbase Correspondence Database 2020 Frank achieved his highest (ICCF) rating in January 1991 of 2410.
As White Frank would play the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 move order. He did not play 1.e4
As the second player he would defend the closed Ruy Lopez and the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
Many Happy Returns GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (19-vii-1968)
BCN wishes GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant best wishes on her birthday, July 19th 1968
Here is her extensive Wikipedia entry
