Baruch Harold Wood ( born Baruch Harold Wood , July 13, 1909 , Sheffield - April 4, 1989 , Sutton Coldfield ) - English chess player (national master), chess judge ( international arbiter ) [1] , functionary and journalist.
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| Country |  United Kingdom (  England ) |
| Date of Birth | July 13, 1909 |
| Place of Birth | Sheffield |
| Date of death | April 4, 1989 (79 years) |
| Place of death | Sutton Coldfield |
| Rank | International arbitrator |
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Biography
Silver medalist of the 1948 British Championship . Winner of the UK Correspondence Championship (1944-1945).
As part of the England team, he participated in the 1939 Chess Olympiad and a number of international matches. As part of the national team of Great Britain, he participated in radiomatch with the USSR national team (1946).
Participant in a number of major international tournaments. Winner of tournaments in Baarna (Group C, 1947), Paignton (1954), Hastings (Group B, 1962/63 ), Whitby (1963), Torshavn (1967) and Jersey (1975) .). [one]
Eight-time champion of Warwickshire County (from 1938 to 1957).
President of ICCHA from 1946 to 1951 President of the school and student chess associations of Britain. Representative of the British Chess Federation in FIDE .
Founder (1935) and for half a century the owner of the magazine " Chess " (since 1988, the magazine belongs to the publishing house " Pergamon Press "). Chess columnist for The Daily Telegraph , The Illustrated London News and Birmingham Post . [one]
Author of a number of chess books:
- Easy Guide to Chess (Sutton Coldfield 1942). Tutorial chess game. According to grandmaster N. Davis , "one of the best books for beginners."
- World Championship Candidates Tournament 1953 (Sutton Coldfield 1954). Collection of games of the tournament candidates in 1953
- 100 Victorian Chess Problems (1972).
Family
- Sons - Christopher, Frank, Philip, quite famous in Britain, chess players.
- Daughter - Margaret (Peggy) , chess player, champion of Great Britain 1966
- Son-in-law is Peter Clark , one of the strongest chess players in Britain from the 1950s and 1960s.
Sports Results
| Year | City | Competition | + | - | = | Result | A place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Margit | International tournament (side tournament) | |||||
| 1939 | Hague | Match Netherlands - England (8th board, against V. Myuring ) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 out of 2 | |
| Buenos Aires | VIII Olympiad (England team, spare) | one | one | 2 | 2 of 4 | ||
| Montevideo | International Tournament | 2½ out of 7 | 5-7 [2] | ||||
| 1946 | Zaandam | International Tournament | 3½ out of 11 | 10 [3] | |||
| Nottingham | UK Championship | 4 of 11 | 9 [4] | ||||
| Radiomatch USSR - Great Britain (9th board, against A.A. Lilienthal ) | 0 | one | one | ½ of 2 | |||
| 1947 | Nottingham | Match MCCU - national team of Czechoslovakia (against Ch. Kottnauer ) | 0 | one | one | ½ of 2 | |
| Baarn | International Tournament (Group C) | one | |||||
| Aalborg | International Tournament | 5½ out of 9 | 3-4 [5] | ||||
| Hague | Match Netherlands - England (against C. van den Berg ) | 0 | one | one | ½ of 2 | ||
| 1948 | Beverwijk | International Tournament | [6] | ||||
| London | UK Championship | 2-5 [7] | |||||
| Budapest | International Tournament | 2 | 12 | one | 2½ out of 15 | 16 [8] | |
| 1948/1949 | Hastings | International Tournament | 3 | 2 | four | 5 of 9 | 4-5 [9] |
| 1949 | Heidelberg | International Tournament | 2½ out of 9 | 9-10 [10] | |||
| Oldenburg | International Tournament | 3½ out of 17 | 18 [11] | ||||
| 1949/1950 | Hastings | International Tournament | one | five | 3 | 2½ out of 9 | 8-10 [8] |
| 1952 | Chester | UK Championship | [12] | ||||
| 1954 | Nottingham | UK Championship | [13] | ||||
| 1955 | Aberystwyth | UK Championship | [14] | ||||
| 1957 | Plymouth | UK Championship | [15] | ||||
| 1959 | Bognor Regis | Stevenson Memorial | [sixteen] | ||||
| York | UK Championship | five | 3 | one | 5½ out of 11 | [17] [18] | |
| 1962/1963 | Hastings | International tournament (side tournament) | four | 2 | 3 | 5½ out of 9 | 1-3 [19] |
| 1968 | Bristol | UK Championship | 3 | five | 3 | 4½ out of 11 | [17] [20] |
| 1969 | Reel | UK Championship | one | four | 6 | 4 of 11 | [17] [21] |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Harry Golombek , Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess , Crown Publishing, 1977, p. 345. ISBN 0-517-53146-1 .
- ↑ Beat A. A. Alekhin .
- ↑ Won M. Euwe .
- ↑ Won R. Comb .
- К. Won by C. Poulsen and T. van Shelting .
- ↑ Defeated L. Prince .
- ↑ Won R. Broadbent .
- ↑ 1 2 Defeated L. Szabo .
- ↑ N.S. Rossolimo won.
- ↑ Won V. Unziker .
- ↑ Won ED Bogolyubov and E. Zemgalis .
- ↑ Won R. Wade .
- ↑ Won L. Barden and A. Phillips .
- ↑ Win G. Golombek .
- ↑ Won Sh . Fazekash .
- ↑ Beat E.Gereben .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Defeated by J. Penrose .
- ↑ Swiss system , 34 members.
- Б. With B. Brink-Claussen and E. Thomas .
- ↑ Swiss system, 36 participants.
- ↑ Swiss system, 32 participants.
Links
- Party Baruch Wood in the database (English)
- Personal card Baruch Wood on the site 365chess.com (eng.)
- Speeches by Baruch Wood at Chess Olympiads