Chess history trivia

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 4:28 am

No, not him.

Barry Sandercock · Post by **Barry Sandercock** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:57 am

I think we need more clues. This is a difficult one unless you were there in 1989 and remember it.

Roger de Coverly · Post by **Roger de Coverly** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:31 am

Barry Sandercock wrote: This is a difficult one unless you were there in 1989 and remember it.

There were both summer and autumn Hitchin tournaments in 1989. According to my games collection, I played in both, but I have no recollection of anything special about the winner. It was an era when Adams and Hodgson would show up and I can recall that they tied in Autumn 1988.

Mike Truran · Post by **Mike Truran** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:16 pm

Well, pages 550-551 of my 1989 BCM volume give Steve Berry, Michael Adams, John Emms and Neil Bradbury.

So in terms of untypical accents, I imagine you may have Mickey (born in Truro) in mind?

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:15 pm

Yes, that's right. It was Mickey I had in mind.

Roger de Coverly · Post by **Roger de Coverly** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:51 pm

MJMcCready wrote:Yes, that's right. It was Mickey I had in mind.

In that era, he played regularly in tournaments in that part of the world, Hertfordshire. I had previously played him at St Albans.

One of the other winners, Steve Berry originally came from Yorkshire.

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:34 pm

I saw his rating was 247J one year!

Mike Truran · Post by **Mike Truran** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:06 pm

I still have 1:0 against him (and he wasn't aged three at the time).

Simon Brown · Post by **Simon Brown** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:57 pm

Me too. January 1980 so he was 8 (just). He was quite good even then though.

Mike Truran · Post by **Mike Truran** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:02 pm

I think I got him when he was about 15. But my memory isn't what it was......

1:0 against Nigel too (but that one was only in a simul).

Simon Brown · Post by **Simon Brown** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:01 pm

I beat Nigel in the SCCU under 14 championship in May 1975, so he was nearly 10. I was very lucky!

Beating Mickey at 15 was a good result, I guess he was way over 200 by then.

Mike Truran · Post by **Mike Truran** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:16 pm

He was quite strong as I recall.

But so was I back then......

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.

Michael Farthing · Post by **Michael Farthing** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:31 pm

Hmm.. Surely more apt for ones disasters in life. Sort of Roman version of Dunkirk?

Mike Truran · Post by **Mike Truran** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:35 pm

I was referring not to my win against Mickey but to what's happened to my grade over the supervening years.

Maybe not a disaster, but you know what I mean.

Michael Farthing · Post by **Michael Farthing** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:36 pm

Unfortunately, yes.

Edit:

By coincidence I made this post a couple of days ago to the 'off-topic' section of another forum where chess was being discussed:

At 13 I had every intention of being world champion.
(Didn't quite make it: I did draw with a grandmaster when I was 14. He wasn't a grandmaster at the time - but hey - that's a minor detail)
I am still playing at 63, but have now hit the age where decline sets in: each year the rating goes down just that bit more.
But it doesn't matter to me any more. I play 60 or so 3-4 hour games a year and enjoy every minute. Why should I want more?

I

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