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View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and ... (England, 1907–1980) Tatev ...
Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (1995–2005) England: Luke McShane: 2713 2012-07 1984 97 England: Nigel Short: 2712 2004-04 1965 Formerly highest-ranked English player (1987–1998) England: David Howell: 2712 2015-08 1990 Egypt: Bassem Amin: 2712 2019-01 1988 Highest-ranked Egyptian player (since 2012), highest-ranked African player ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:English bowls players and Category:Scottish bowls players and Category:Welsh bowls players The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
At the end of the 1970s, Robert Bellin was one of the leading chess players in England. In 1978, he won the B tournament of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Festival. In 1979, Robert Bellin won the British Chess Championship. [1] Robert Bellin played for England in the European Team Chess Championships: [2]
A Short History of Chess. McKay. ISBN 0-679-14550-8. OCLC 17340178. Eales, Richard (1985). Chess, The History of a Game. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0816011957. Forbes, Duncan (1860). The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe. London: W.H. Allen ...
He became (at the time) the youngest International Master in chess history by scoring 8/15 in the Hastings Premier in 1979/80, breaking Bobby Fischer's record from 1958. [11] Participating in four World Junior Championships (1980–83), Short achieved his best result during his first attempt, when he placed second to Garry Kasparov in 1980 at ...
Similarly, players who are unversed in, and indifferent to, chess history should not touch it." [75] William Hartston wrote of Staunton's non-match with Morphy: Sadly, this blemish on Staunton the man also did considerable harm to the reputation among later generations of Staunton the chess player. [76] G. H. Diggle wrote in the British Chess ...