Peter Richard Markland (born 13 April 1951 in
Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
, Lancashire) is a British chess player. He was a member of the British team at the
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...
s in 1972 and 1974.
Markland was listed as the highest ranked British chess player in the first official
FIDE Elo list, published in July 1971.
Since 1984, Markland is an
ICCF Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...
. He is also an
FIDE Master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
since 2021.
He worked as a banker and lives in
Woodbridge,
Suffolk.
Bibliography
* ''The Best of Karpov'' (1975)
* ''The Sicilian Richter-Rauzer''
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* ''Sicilian: ...E5''
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1951 births
Living people
British chess players
Correspondence chess grandmasters
Chess FIDE Masters