Glenn Curtis Flear (born 12 February 1959 in

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grandmaster now living in

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, France. He is the author of several books, some on

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s and some on the

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. He was awarded the

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title in 1983 and Grandmaster title in 1987. Flear created one of the greatest-ever

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upsets when, as a last minute substitute, he won the very strong London 1986 event (ahead of

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, Nunn, Ribli, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Spassky, Vaganian, Speelman, and Larsen, amongst others). To round off the happy occasion, he married five-time French Women's Champion Christine Leroy during the event. They have two sons, James and Nathan. He also represented England at the 1986 Dubai Olympiad (earning a team silver medal) and at the

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in 2003.

Selected writings

*''Improve Your Endgame Play'', 2000, Everyman Chess. . *''Open Ruy Lopez'', 2000, Everyman Chess. . *''Mastering the Endgame'', 2001, Everyman Chess. . *''Test Your Endgame Thinking'', 2002, Everyman Chess. . *''The ...a6 Slav: The Tricky and Dynamic Lines with...a6''. 2005, Everyman Chess. . *''Starting Out: Pawn Endings'', 2004, Everyman Chess. . *''Starting Out: Slav & Semi-Slav'', 2005, Everyman Chess. . *''Practical Endgame Play – Beyond the Basics: the Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter'', 2007, Everyman Chess. *''Starting Out: Open Games'', 2010, Everyman Chess. . *''Tactimania: Find the Winning Combination'', 2011, Quality Chess. .

References

* (page 79)
OlimpBase – Information about Chess Olympiads and other team chess events

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flear, Glenn 1959 births Living people English chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors British chess writers English non-fiction writers English male non-fiction writers