πΈ William Hartston
πΈ Chess International Master and Journalist
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β¦οΈ William Roland Hartston is an English journalist who writes the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express and a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo rating of 2485.
π Full name: William Roland Hartston
π Country: United Kingdom
π Born: 12 August 1947 (age 70)
London, England, UK
π Title: International Master
π FIDE rating: 2430 (April 2018)
β¦οΈWilliam Roland Hartston was born in London, England. Awarded the IM title in 1973, he was British champion in 1973 (after a play-off with Michael John Basman) and 1975. He played for England in the Olympiads at Havana 1966, Siegen 1970, Skopje 1972, Nice 1974, Haifa 1976 and Buenos Aires 1978. In tournaments he was 3rd at Hastings 1972-73 behind Bent Larsen and Wolfgang Uhlmann and 1st at Sarajevo 1976. He is also a noted author and has appeared on the BBC television chess programmes.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by HartsonππΌ
βͺοΈ Jonathan Speelman vs William Hartston
βͺοΈ BBC TV Master Game (1975), 3
βͺοΈ Indian Game: Reversed Chigorin Defense (A45)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileππΌππΌ
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πΈ Chess International Master and Journalist
#hartson_Quotes_001
β¦οΈ William Roland Hartston is an English journalist who writes the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express and a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo rating of 2485.
π Full name: William Roland Hartston
π Country: United Kingdom
π Born: 12 August 1947 (age 70)
London, England, UK
π Title: International Master
π FIDE rating: 2430 (April 2018)
β¦οΈWilliam Roland Hartston was born in London, England. Awarded the IM title in 1973, he was British champion in 1973 (after a play-off with Michael John Basman) and 1975. He played for England in the Olympiads at Havana 1966, Siegen 1970, Skopje 1972, Nice 1974, Haifa 1976 and Buenos Aires 1978. In tournaments he was 3rd at Hastings 1972-73 behind Bent Larsen and Wolfgang Uhlmann and 1st at Sarajevo 1976. He is also a noted author and has appeared on the BBC television chess programmes.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by HartsonππΌ
βͺοΈ Jonathan Speelman vs William Hartston
βͺοΈ BBC TV Master Game (1975), 3
βͺοΈ Indian Game: Reversed Chigorin Defense (A45)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileππΌππΌ
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A little over 30 years ago... The participants in the Euwe Memorial tournament in Amsterdam: Anatoly Karpov (USSR), Jan Timman (Netherlands), Ljubomir LjubojeviΔ (Yugoslavia) and Nigel Short (England). 9th March, 1988.
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West German grandmaster Robert HΓΌbner, pictured at the Tilburg Interpolis tournament, September 1978.
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Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) was a former Executive Editor of "Chess Review." In 1932, he began to write on chess. He authored 260 books on chess, checkers, coins (14 books), geology, history, medicine, electronics, and astronomy. He wrote at least 102 books on chess alone.
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Anatoly Karpov arriving in Moscow in late October 1978 after his successful world title match against dissident Victor Korchnoi in the Philippines.
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A: c5 β 8
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C: Rb1 β 3
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B: Re1 β 1
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