Fide Master from Silverdale/Morecambe, England.

OTB Over the Board Chess.....

I represent my local Club Morecambe and Spirit of Atticus in the 4NCL.

Memorable Moments, some anyway...

2015 British Senior 50+Champion.

1986 British Leigh Amateur Prix winner!

Majorca Open 2014 beat 2 Grandmasters back to back and drew with a 3rd.

Had the pleasure of playing World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana once, I opened 1.e3 to avoid his theory and got a reversed Sicilian to my liking.

Played David Bronstein twice as Black in Rapidplay, one game he used in a lecture on how to play the Queen's Gambit Tarrasch!

In a fun tournament in Norway 2005 even had the cheeky faced Magnus Carlsen opposite me for a few moves while he helped his team bury me! How the 11/12 year old smirked as he left the remains of my position to his team mate to finish off.

2015 Isle of Man Blitz & Poker combined tournament. It was bad enough getting done on time against Pentala Harikrishna in a completely level position. I defended the Scheveningen Sicilian against his Keres Attack, he got absolutely nothing except a few extra seconds! To rub salt into the wounds, he won all my poker chips in the Poker. Every time I shoved, I was in race with "Harry" and he won every hand. Another guy with a cheeky grin

Family and work commitments restrict me studying chess much but hopefully I'll find time to play 3 or 4 international events yearly: Isle of Man, Jersey Masters, Etc..Take the family sometimes which doesn't help the chess.

Blitz and Bullet: Why am I so bad! Must be an age thing.

Feel good remarks/quotes:

John Speelman, English Grandmaster & Candidate Semi-finalist "In my preparations I thought, this guy can play endings! Your openings aren't bad either!

Mark Hebden, English Grandmaster "You are seriously underrated"

Keith Arkell, English Grandmaster "I struggle to outplay you."

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