Thomas George Cranston (1877 – 15 April 1954), was an Irish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player, two-times

Irish Chess Championship The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland, currently run by the Irish Chess Union ( ICU), the FIDE-recognised governing body for the game. Below is the list of champions. The first champion was J.A. Porterfield Rynd, wh ...

winner (1922, 1931).

Biography

From the begin 1920s to the end of 1930s Thomas George Cranston was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He sixth times participated in

s (1922, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1938) and two times won this tournament (1922, 1931). Thomas George Cranston played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1935, at fourth board in the

6th Chess Olympiad The 6th Chess Olympiad ( pl, 6. Olimpiada szachowa), organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, a ...

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(+0, =3, -14).

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Thomas George Cranston
chess games at 365chess.com 1877 births 1954 deaths Irish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Ireland-chess-bio-stub