Tag Archives: Player

Blazing Sadler!

Blazing Sadler!

Posted on 28th August 2011

Borrowing a Mel Brooks pun from Colin Patterson (first used on the English Chess Forum), BCM would like to congratulate GM Matthew Sadler on an excellent 8.5/10 at the recent Sants Open, Barcelona. His final …

International Master Yang-Fan Zhou!

International Master Yang-Fan Zhou!

Posted on 11th June 2011

Sixteen year old Yang-Fan Zhou has been confirmed as England’s newest International Master following approval by FIDE at their 2nd quarter Presidential Board meeting earlier this week. Yang-Fan, who is a Sixth former at Whitgift …

Happy Birthday, Jonathan!

Happy Birthday, Jonathan!

Posted on 3rd June 2011

The staff of the BCM office raise a glass to celebrate the 48th birthday of Grandmaster Jonathan P. Levitt born on 3rd June, 1963 in Southwark, London. Awarded the IM title in 1984, and an …

Happy Birthday Gata!

Happy Birthday Gata!

Posted on 2nd June 2011

Life is one long party at the BCM office as we continue celebrations with the 37th birthday of Gataulla Rustemovich Kamsky. Gata Kamsky is a Crimean Tatar born on June 2, 1974 in Siberia. Before …

Happy Birthday Nigel!

Happy Birthday Nigel!

Posted on 1st June 2011

The BCM editorial team would like to wish GM Nigel Short all the best on the occasion of his 46th birthday.   Nigel was born on June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire, England. A chess …