1989 BMW 316 BAUR CONVERTIBLE In the UK

This one is on ebay in Lancashire, UK.

"1989 BMW 316 BAUR CONVERTIBLE

FANTASTIC CONDITION,VERY RARE TO FIND"

Model Year: 1989

Mileage: 98,000 Miles

Transmission: Manual

Engine Size (in ccm): 1,766

Fuel: Petrol

Interested? Call Us 07831 569179 or 01942 715500 or Business seller information Macwest Motors BRIAN MYCHALCZUK cranberry lodge garage,wigan road Bryn Ashton In Makerfield Wigan Lancashire WN4 0bz United Kingdom Phone:01942 715500 Email:mychalczuk@aol.com Value Added Tax Number: UK 560 9546 23 Contact the seller: +44.(0)7831.569179 +44.(0)1942.715500 Email the seller

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"A TRULY BEAUTIFULL CAR, MUST BE SEEN, GOING UP AND UP



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1973 Cabrio Targa West Midlands UK

I seem to have stumbled on a motherlode of Baurs for sale in the UK and Europe this week:  several Cabrio Targas, like this one, but also several E21 TC1s and E30 TC2s!  And when I say 'motherlode', I mean like a DOZEN (!!) or MORE!  This is NOT a misprint, folks!  So, if anyone is interested in a Baur over there ----or in shipping one across The Pond to the US!-----Stay tuned!  I will be posting them up as I get the time!  I have already posted a couple of them earlier this week..... but LOTS more to come!

Stay tuned!   ;)

Check out this Cabrio Targa by Baur located in Darlaston in the West Midlands:

Nice Clean Car, had loads of work done, drives nice, very good condition, clean underneath, lots of money spent on it, little split in the seat, easy to repair, may take a part exchange, £12,000 or nearest offer.

Price: £12000 As stated Advert Type: For Sale Category: Classic Cars Make: BMW Model: 2002 Model (alt): 2002 Year: 1973 Country: UK Region: West Midlands Town: Darlaston Telephone: 07043 236388  Privacy Service Status: Private E-mail: Contact Advertiser via Email Listing Date: 03-Jun-2016 Ref: C751107

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C751107

1989 TC2 Baur in Scotland----With Video!

Here is a TC2 from Scotland with a very interesting write-up.  It has a little different spin on it then you usually hear from me, but it is well done, and worth the read!  Check it out! VIDEO!!   Here is a video walk around! ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EybCpQsqCsg

The Baur TC2 is an interesting thing in its own right. BMW didn't build a factory 3 series convertible until 1986. All E21 convertibles and all E30 convertibles prior to '86 were built by by Baur. So, if you wanted a convertible you had to buy the two door 3 series of your choice and then pay a significant sum to Karrosserie Baur in Stuttgart, who have a long term relationship with BMW whereby BMW would guarantee Baur's work and your convertible would be as if it were delivered by the BMW factory. The roof came off and a "targa" style affair was put in its place with a removeable centre panel and a folding pram type rear section. There's even a bracket in the boot for stowing the panel. The TC2 is really just exactly the same as the TC - as used on the E21. So, it makes the E30 look that little bit more "retro" in my view. Look at the Baur next to the factory convertible in the photos. So what is rare about this? Well, Baurs are rare. They were very expensive back in the day and very few were made. This car however, is a 1989 car. Factory convertibles appeared in 1986. By the time of the E30 facelift in 1988, they were well established. The factory convertible virtually killed the Baur. Why would you spend significantly more and wait for delivery when you could buy a much better looking factory car for much less and available from stock? There are a couple of reasons. Despite its ground breaking and leading edge design and the praise heaped on it at the time for its saloon like driving qualities, the truth is, removing the roof, despite the strengthening undertaken, does compromise the "tightness" of the shell. While far better than any other full convertible of the time, the factory convertible still suffered from the dreaded scuttle shake. The Baur didn't. To get the folding roof mechanism completely hidden to give the pleasing aesthetics of the factory convertible with the roof down, the rear seats were compromised. Two children/small adults will be comfortable for a short time. The Baur retained its full rear seat. The factory convertible was only available in certain variants. The Baur could be ordered on any two door shell. There were a few 318iS Baurs and loads of M10 engined Baurs. There were no M10 engined factory convertibles. Nor were there any 318iS convertibles So, to buy a new Baur after 1986, you made a specific choice. "I want that one. I know it is more expensive and doesn't look as good, but its benefits outweigh these shortcomings. Where do I sign?" Obviously, as buying any new BMW in 1989 wasn't for the impecunious, buying a Baur tended to be reserved for wealthy people who knew what they wanted. Those people also tend to look after their cars. So, what about this one? Well this car started life as a 320i automatic and spent most of its life driving up and down the Kings Road in Chelsea. It went through a few owners before ending up with a Lamborghini collector in Yorkshire who bought it for his girlfriend who didn't get on with it. In 2012 our customer bought it and we've undertaken some considerable work recently. It has had a 325i engine conversion using a known good engine with a rebuilt cylinder head, new belt, water pump etc. etc.; the tatty leather comfort interior has been replaced with a spotless 1990 318iS sports interior; it has had 51mm 325i front struts fitted and a 325i exhaust; the cracked dash has been replaced; and, it has been under sealed and rust protected. It has just (late September) been professionally converted to manual transmission and has had a significant suspension overhail including the rear beam bushes. It is structurally sound, needing no welding. It is rust free in all the usual areas, floor pans, sills, scuttle, rear arches etc are all good. It is mechanically very good. Everything works as it should. The interior is very fresh and bright. The roof is in good order, though the eccentric catches could do with replacement. It is on factory 14" BBS alloys with excellent matching tyres and looks very good indeed. It has 12 months MoT. If I was to name an E30 that I thought was worth squirrelling away with a view to seeing prices rise, I can honestly say that it would be a facelift Baur. These are rare, and while I - as a factory convertible owner myself - prefer the look of the factory convertible, the Baur definitely has its advantages and a late one like this one is definitely worth holding on to. Particularly when most of the early pre facelift ones have rotted away. It was the standard 1980s BMW pink, so we have had it resprayed in the correct original colour and added colour coded bumpers and mirrors and it now looks superb. As always, sensible offers and part exchanges of classic cars (BMWs obviously preferred) considered. More photos available. Any inspection welcome. Price: £5495 As stated Advert Type: For Sale Category: Classic Cars Make: BMW Model: 3 Series Model (alt): E30 325i Baur TC2 Year: 1989 Country: UK Region: Scotland Telephone: 07762 725041 Status: Trade E-mail: Contact Advertiser via Email Listing Date: 24-Apr-2016 Ref: C520049 Bavarian Retro Cars & Parts Argyle Crescent, Hillhouse Industrial Estate, Hamilton, Scotland. ML3 9BQ tel: 07762 725041      web:  http://www.bavarianretro.com  http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C520049

IM Dr. Danny Kopec Obituary in US Chess June 22, 2016

I know this is off-topic, but Danny was a friend who passed too soon.  This is the best and most complete write-up that I have seen.  Requiescat in Pace, my friend. 

It is a sobering moment, and a reminder to:  Carpe Diem!

International Master Danny Kopec, 1954-2016

By Frank Niro|June 22, 2016|News, Obituary

FIDE International Master Danny Kopec, born February 28, 1954, was a computer science professor at Brooklyn College, chess teacher and author of eight books. He passed away at his home in Merrick, New York, on June 12, the result of pancreatic cancer.  He is survived by his wife, Sylvia; his son, David; his stepson, Oliver; and his sister Patinka Kopec-Selman. His late mother, Magdalena Kopec, died in 2009. She was an accomplished artist who created oil paintings and inspirational water colors, frequently displayed at Danny’s popular chess camps. Kopec’s father was a pharmacist who grew up in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust, later escaped to Israel and moved his family to Kew Gardens, NY, when Danny was a toddler.

Danny enjoyed going to tennis matches and baseball games with his father, but he learned chess from his cousin, Joe Donath, an expert level player from Florida. He became Greater NY High School Champion at age 14, and earned his first national master rating at 17. Kopec graduated from Dartmouth College in 1975, where he was a teammate of 1975 US Open co-champion Alan Trefler, and moved to Scotland to pursue his Ph.D. in Machine Intelligence at University of Edinburgh in Scotland.  He was two time Scottish Champion, winning in 1980 & 1981. In 1982, Kopec and Dr. Ivan Bratko designed the Bratko-Kopec test to assist in evaluating human and machine chess ability based on the presence or absence of certain knowledge. This test, with some modifications, was a reliable standard for more than two decades in computer chess circles, and is still of value in assessing overall playing strength and identifying specific tactical, positional and pawn structure knowledge deficiencies of human chess players.

After receiving his doctorate in 1983, Kopec lectured at McGill University in Montreal for two years as a visiting professor.  While there, he finished tied for second in the Canadian Invitational Championship in 1984 and was invited to compete in the 26th Chess Olympiad at Thessaloniki representing Canada. He declined because, as an American citizen, he did not want to take a spot from a deserving Canadian player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1985.

As a chess player, Kopec was a throwback to the old school of chess etiquette. He always dressed well, usually wearing a sport jacket at the board. “Danny was particular about player behavior,” said his long time friend and business partner, Hal Terrie. “On the last day of each chess camp, he would sit the players down and explain that they should sit quietly at the board with both feet on the floor and treat their opponents and the game of chess with respect.” He was also particular about lighting, the result of suffering detached retinas in both eyes while living in Maine in the late 1980s. His biggest complaint was the timing of rounds for large Swiss tournaments, especially when they overscheduled the normal dinner hours.

After a stint on the faculty of the University of Maine, and the passing of his father in 1990, Danny moved to Ottawa in 1992 to lecture for a year at Carleton University. Following a few other stops along the way, always in academia, he returned to New York and was awarded tenure at Brooklyn College in 2004. His best finish in the US Open chess championship was a second place tie at Fort Lauderdale in 2004, with 7 points out of 9. He finished tied for first in his last rated tournament, finishing undefeated in the 7-round Queens Chess Club Championship this past November. In addition to his writing and production of nine feature length instructional videos, Danny spent his spare time playing tennis and rooting for his beloved New York Yankees.

Danny loved to tell stories, especially about chess and artificial intelligence, so much so that it is not surprising that some of the stories became confounded as they were passed along.  His dissertation entitled: Human and Machine Representations of Knowledge, was completed under the guidance of Dr. Donald Michie, a well respected British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie famously worked for the Government Code School at Bletchley Park as a cryptographer, contributing to the effort to solve “Tunny,” a German teleprinter cipher.

No doubt the stories concerning his mentor were confused with his own world travels. There was an unfounded rumor circulating in the 1990s that Danny had worked for the CIA when he was in Europe and Canada. When questioned about it, he just laughed, but kept the mystery alive by quickly changing the subject. “Maybe he is not allowed to discuss it,” some of his students whispered. After his passing, Sylvia was asked about it. “Not as far as I know,” she said. “If so, we should have been expecting a government pension by now!”

Despite his hard charging, get-it-done, approach to his multiple chess projects, Danny possessed a warm and engaging personality and quick wit. He was always nearly willing to analyze games with opponents and students unless, of course, it overlapped with dinner. His energy seemed limitless at times. In 2001, he was invited by Dr. Tim Redman to give a presentation on the Bratko-Kopec test at the First Koltanowski Conference on Chess in Education in Dallas. Danny flew from New York to Atlanta, rented a car, then drove all night – nearly 800 miles – and gave his presentation without sleep. He stayed around to answer question, sat in on some of the other presentations and analyzed a few chess positions with one of his students. Then, after a short nap, he made the same trip in reverse to get home.

His illness drained his energy and stamina during the last months of his life, but Danny maintained his goal oriented approach until the end. “During the past year he would take periodic 30 minute rest breaks,” according to his son, David, “but no more than that. He felt that if he stayed down any longer, he might not get up.” Danny filled every minute right up to the end. He gave his last exam to his students at Brooklyn College and his last chess lesson one week before he died. “He demonstrated to his Brooklyn students what “work ethic” meant. It was a life lesson for them,” David said.

He also completed his final book project earlier this year, a compilation of annotated games of GM Walter Browne, who passed away last June. He had promised his long time friend that he would publish the games and he was determined to keep his promise, no matter how weak he felt. Kopec met Browne at the 1976 Canadian Open in Toronto. “I met Walter in the middle rounds of the tournament,” Danny said in a 2011interview. “I played my system and Browne kept exchanging pieces down until we ended up in a slightly favorable (to him) knight ending. Browne displayed very fine technique and after that we went out to dinner and we’ve been good friends ever since.”

Danny was a long-time proponent of a method of playing the white pieces against the Sicilian Defense known as “The Kopec System” that began with the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bd3. The system never became main stream but neither has it been refuted. It is still seen occasionally at the highest levels, most recently in a game between Grandmaster’s Vadim Zvjagisev (FIDE 2641) and Andrey Stukopin (FIDE 2546), won by the player with the White pieces at the 67th Russia Higher League Championship in 2014.

A memorial service for Danny Kopec will be held on Tuesday, June 28th from 7 to 9 PM at The Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th Street in Manhattan, where Danny played frequently in his youth. The room holds 50 people, so space will is limited.

Kopec’s Adult Chess Camp, scheduled for July 11-15 in Bennington, VT, will go on as planned out of respect for Danny’s wishes. The Camp will feature Grandmaster Lubomir Ftacnik as the chief instructor. Sylvia and David Kopec will be present to exchange greetings with the attendees. Further information can be found at www.kopecchess.com.

Following are a few of Danny’s favorite games, starting with one of his many victories over Grandmasters.

3RD EASTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 12, 1994Woburn, MA

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This game is a classic example of Danny’s style – a true sacrifice of a piece for long term pressure against the enemy king.

1.d4g62.e4Bg73.Nc3c64.Bc4b55.Bb3a56.a3d67.Qf3e68.Nge2Ba69.Be3Nd710.Qg3d511.Bg5Ne712.exd5exd513.Bxd5f614.Be6fxg515.Ne4Nf516.Bxf5gxf517.Nd6+Kf818.h4 !g419.Nxf5Nf620.O-OQd721.Qf4h522.Neg3Nd523.Qd2b424.Rfe1Bf625.axb4axb426.Ra5Bb727.Rxa8+Bxa828.c4bxc329.bxc3Rh730.c4Nc7The computer says that30…Ne7is a better defense but after31.Qb4 !Bb732.Nd6Ba633.Nge4Rh633…Bxd434.c5Bh835.Ng5Rh636.Qf4+34.Qd234.Nc5is not as good, though it should win:34…Qxd635.Ne6+Qxe636.Rxe6 ±34…Rg635.Qf4Qe636.Ra1Bc837.Ra8 +−31.Rb1Kf732.Rb8Qe633.Rc8 !Kg6Of course the rook cannot be taken:33…Qxc834.Nd6+34.Qd3Another indirect defense of the c8 rook, also threatening devastating discoveries.34…Rd735.Ne7+Kf736.Qh7+Bg737.Nef5Qg638.Rf8+ !The killer finishing touch.38…Kxf839.Qxg61–0

MANCHESTER, NH

February 20, 2000

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1.d4f52.Bg5g63.Nd2Bg74.e4fxe45.Nxe4Nf6Stem game for this variation is Miles-Van Mil, Isle of Mann, October 1995:5…d56.Nc5b67.Nb3Nf68.Nf3O-O9.Be2Ne410.Be3Qd611.O-ONd712.Nbd2Bb713.Nxe4dxe414.Bc4+Bd515.Nd2Bxc416.Nxc4Qd517.Qe2e518.dxe5Nxe519.Nxe5Qxe520.Qc4+Kh821.c3c522.Rad1Rad823.Rxd8Rxd824.Qf7a525.Qb7Qe626.a4h527.h3Rd728.Qa6Qc629.Re1Kh730.Qc4Re731.Rd1Be532.Kf1Bc733.Bg5Rd734.Ke2Kg735.Rxd7+Qxd736.Qxe4b537.Qe7+Qxe7+38.Bxe7bxa439.Kd3Kf740.Bxc5Ke641.Kc41-06.Ng3Nc67.Nf3d58.Be28.Bb5Kopec-Curdo, Manchester, NH, 19958…O-O9.h3Ne410.Nxe4dxe411.Bxc6bxc612.Ne5Qd613.Qd2c514.c3cxd415.cxd4c516.Nc4Qxd417.Rc1e3 !White resigned8…O-O9.c3Qd610.O-Oe511.dxe5Nxe512.Nxe5Qxe513.Be3c614.Qd2b615.Rae1Bb716.f4Qe717.Bd3Ng4 !18.Rf3Any discovered attack by moving the bishop is met by …Qh4 – Terrie18…Nxe319.Rfxe3Qc5Fritz, for JC20.Kh1d420…Rxf4allows complications21.Nf5gxf522.Re8+Rxe823.Rxe8+Kf724.Qxf4Kxe825.Qb8+Kf726.Qxb7+21.Re7dxc322.bxc3Bc823.f5Qxc324.Qe2Bxf525.Bxf5gxf526.Nxf5After this, it is clear that White has a big advantage. – Terrie26…Bf627.Nh6+Kh828.Nf7+Kg829.Qg4+Bg730.Ng5Qf631.Qc4+Kh832.Nf7+Kg833.Nd6+Kh834.Ne8Qc335.Qe2Bf636.Re3Qd437.Nc7Rac838.Ne6Qd739.Rd3Qf740.Nxf8Rxf841.Rf3Qg742.Ref1Be743.Rxf8+Bxf844.Qe8Kg845.Qe6+Kh846.Qxc61–0

GREY WHALE CLASSIC

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1.e4c62.d4d53.Nc3dxe44.Nxe4Nf65.Nxf6+gxf66.Ne2Bf57.c3Nd78.Ng3Bg69.h4h510.Be2Qa511.b4Qc712.Nxh5O-O-O13.Ng3e514.h5Bh715.Be3Nb616.Bg4+Kb817.Bf5Nd518.Bxh7Nxe319.fxe3exd420.Qf3dxe321.Bf5Qe522.Rc1Rd523.Be4Rd224.Ne2Rxa225.Bxc6bxc626.Nd4Qd627.Nxc6+Kc728.Nd4a629.b5Rg830.g4f531.bxa6Qxa632.Qxf5Rf233.Qd5Rxg434.Nb5+Kb635.Rb1Bb436.Nd4Rb237.Qc6+Ka738.Qd7+Kb639.Qc6+Ka740.Qc7+Ka841.Qd8+Ka742.Qd7+Kb643.Qd8+Ka744.Nb5+Qxb545.Ra1+Kb746.Qa8+Kb647.Qa7+Kc648.Ra6+Kd549.Qxf7+Kc550.Qc7+Kd551.Qf7+Kc5½–½

A version of this article will appear in an upcoming issue of Chess Life Magazine. 

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