Dec-23-04 | | Benzol: Reginald Joseph Broadbent
Born 3rd August 1906 in Durban, South Africa
British champion in 1948 and 1950. He was also 1st= in 1947 but lost the playoff. |
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Dec-04-05
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Aug-03-06 | | Eastfrisian: ... And still living ?
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Aug-03-06
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Aug-03-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Of course there's a chance that he's still alive, but I think it's more likely that his passing away has simply not been reported and as such is still assumed alive. Anyway, in case I'm wrong, happy birthday Mr. Broadbent! |
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Aug-03-06 | | BaranDuin: Unfortunatly, he is already dead.
According to (http://www.arves.org/Biografie.htm) he died on 29.10.1988. |
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Aug-03-07
 | | xenophon: still dead i presume |
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Aug-03-08 | | whiteshark: Player of the Day
Picture from the Contestants at Nottingham 1946:
http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pi... Back row l - r: Gabriel Wood, <Reginald Broadbent>, Philip Milner-Barry, A.R.B.Thomas, Barry Wood. Front: Bob Wade, Frank Parr, William Winter, Robert Combe, Hugh Alexander, Harry Golombek, Gerald Abrahams. Source: http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pi... |
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Aug-03-08 | | artyom2008: happy birthday mr broadbent |
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Nov-23-08
 | | GrahamClayton: Is this Broadbent the same person after whom the 1925-1937 style of Staunton knight design is named after? http://www.fersht.com/chess/BCS_Ns2... |
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May-28-09 | | YoungEd: I've read the Broadbent book on Bird's Opening--checked it out from a college library. Interesting and fun, though not groundbreaking. |
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Aug-03-10 | | whiteshark: <Author of a book on Bird's Opening, according to Tartakower.> Now I know where Khalifman got the idea of his opening book series ... |
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Aug-03-10 | | eightsquare: Happy Birthday!!! |
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Aug-03-14
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Aug-03-14 | | Nosnibor: Of all the games in the data base there is not one that features Bird`s Opening and even more strange none of his games from either the British championship of 1948 or 1950 for which he won both.To make amends and in memory of Broadbent I am attaching hereunder his last round win which secured him the title in 1950. White:R.J.Broadbent.Black:C.H.O`D.Alexander.Ruy Lopez,1e4,e5.2Nf3,Nc6.3Bb5,a6.4Ba4,Nf6.50-0,Be7.-
6Re1,b5.7Bb3,0-0.8d3,d6.9c3,Na5.10Bc2,c5.11Nbd2,-
Qc7.12Nf1,Nc6.13a4,Bb7.14Ne3,g6.15Ng5,Rad8.16Ng4-
,Nxg4.17Qxg4,Kg7.18Qh3,h5.19Qe3,b4.20Bd2,Rh8.21R-
ac1,Qd7.22f4,Qg4.23Nh3,f6.24Rf1,Qd7.25f5,d5.26Qg-
3,Qe8.27Nf2,d4.28cxb4,Nxb4.29Bb3!a5.30Nh3,h4.31Q-
f3,gxf5.32Bxb4,axb4.33Qxf5,Bc8.34Be6,Bxe6.35Qxe6-
,Qd7.36Qb3,Rh6.37Rf5,Rg6.38Nf2,Ra8.39Ra1,Rh8.40h-
3,Ra8.41Ng4,c4.42Qxc4,Rxa4.43Rxa4,Qxa4.44Qc7,Qe8-
.45Rf1,Kh8.46Ra1,Rg7.47Ra6,Qg8.48Qc6,Qf7.49Ra8+,-
Rg8.50Nh6,Black Resigns.1-0 |
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Aug-03-17 | | Nosnibor: Today we remember you Mr. Broadbent.You seemed to have stopped playing the year that I first started playing. |
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