Paul Anthony Garbett (born 18 December 1952, Auckland, New Zealand) is a chess

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(IM).Paul Anthony Garbett
FIDE player profile
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Chess career

Garbett has represented New Zealand in six Chess Olympiads between 1974 and 2012.Paul Anthony Garbett
Chess Olympiad statistics
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/ref> His best result was in 1990 when he scored 5/11 on board 1. Garbett competed in the Asian Zonal Chess Championship in Melbourne 1975 and Kuala Lumpur 1990. He competed in the

Oceania Chess Championship Leading chess players from the FIDE Oceania Zone 3.6 are allowed to play in the Oceania Chess Championships. The tournament is conducted by the FIDE Oceania Zone President and Oceania Chess Confederation under the auspices of the world chess fede ...

in 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2012. Garbett gained his

title when he scored 6.5/9, and finished =2nd with

Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...

, George Xie and Jonathan Humphrey, in the 2005 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Auckland. Garbett won or jointly won the New Zealand Chess Championship seven times in 1973/74, 1974/75, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1988/89, 2015 and 2020. He holds the record for the longest timespan between first and latest title. He also jointly won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship in 2003/04 and in 2013.2013 NZ Rapid Chess Championship - Final Standings
Wellington Chess Club He has won the NZ Correspondence Chess Championship twice - in 1971 (the youngest ever by 9 days ahead of Michael Freeman) and 1982.

Notable games

Paul Anthony Garbett vs Vasilios Kotronias, Olympiad Novi Sad (1990), Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, (B63), 1-0

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garbett, Paul Anthony Chess International Masters New Zealand chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Auckland