Alan Phillips (28 October 192324 June 2009) was a chess master who won the

British Chess Championship The British Chess Championships are organised by the English Chess Federation. The main tournament incorporates the British Championship, the English Chess Championships and the British Women's Chess Championship so it is possible, although it has ...

in 1954, along with

Leonard Barden Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol Colleg ...

. He was one of the stars in the Stockport Grammar School chess club started by Richard K. Guy in 1939. After World War II, he studied at

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

, where he tied with

Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, (2 August 1927 – 26 December 2018) was an English mathematician specialising in number theory at the University of Cambridge. As a mathematician he was best known for his part in th ...

for the university chess championship. He is the author of a number of articles and books on chess, including *''Chess: Sixty years on with Caissa & Friends'', Caissa Editions, 2003 *''The Chess Teacher'', Oxford University Press, 1978

External links

Times Obituary

Chess Games of Alan Phillips

Spectator article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Alan 1923 births 2009 deaths British chess players 20th-century chess players