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Ewen McGowen Green (born 4 April 1950) is a freelance chess teacher in Auckland, New Zealand. Green attained FIDE Master status in 1992. In 1979–80 he won the
New Zealand Chess Championship The New Zealand Chess Championship was first conducted in 1879. Note: Up until 1934 foreign players were eligible for the title. The eligibility rules were changed in 1935 to preclude this; John Angus Erskine (twice champion in 1929 and 1935) was ...
along with Vernon A. Small and
Ortvin Sarapu Ortvin Sarapu (born Ortvin Sarapuu; 22 January 1924 – 13 April 1999), known in New Zealand as "Mr Chess", was an Estonian-born chess player who emigrated to New Zealand and won or shared the New Zealand Chess Championship 20 times from 1 ...
and has also been an Olympiad player (1970, 1974, 1976). In 2013, he was equal second in New Zealand Chess Championship. He is regarded as one of New Zealand's best chess coaches; he coached Cliff Curtis and other cast members of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse. Green holds the Oceania record for simultaneous games of blindfold chess of 17 boards (13 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) in an arbitered demonstration.


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Murray Chandler Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a chess grandmaster who has played internationally for New Zealand and for England, after he gained British citizenship in the early 1980s. Chandler is also known as a ches ...
describes this as "one of the most brilliant combinations ever played by a New Zealander".1...Rxe7! 2.Qxe7 Qxf3!! 3.gxf3 Rg8+ 4.Kf1 Ba6+ 5.Re2 Nd2+ 6.Ke1 Nxf3+ 7.Kd1 Rg1+ 0-1


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