David Simon Charles Goodman (born 25 February 1958 in England) is an International Master of

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, chess writer and teacher, and former journalist. He was educated at

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in London and at Keble College, Oxford. He has a BA and honorary MA from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Goodman won the

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(Cadets, under-18) in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in

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in 1977. In 1978 he was part of the five-man English team that won the World Under-26 Team Championship in Mexico City. He was awarded the IM title in 1983, and reached a FIDE Elo rating of 2405. He has been inactive in competitive chess since the 1990s. Goodman started his journalism career as a

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reporting on international chess tournaments for

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, before joining the company as a full-time reporter and editor in 1990. One particular "scoop" was when Goodman helped to break the news that Soviet Defense Minister

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was dead. The 1984–1985 World Chess Championship was played in Moscow's Hall of Columns where the bodies of Soviet leaders used to lie in state. After a series of unusual timeouts at the match, Goodman was able to establish through his chess contacts that Ustinov had died. Goodman left AP in 2002, to become a full-time chess teacher in

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. As of December 2009, Goodman is a coach for the elementary school chess team of the Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in New York City.

Books

*''Maneuvers in Moscow: Karpov-Kasparov II'' (Macmillan Chess Library) by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - January 1986) *''The Centenary Match Kasparov-Karpov III'' by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - December 1986) *''Showdown in Seville Kasparov-Karpov IV'' by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - October 2003) *''Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue'' by David Goodman, Raymond Keene (Paperback - May 1997)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodman, David S. 1958 births Living people British Jews British chess players American chess players Jewish chess players Chess International Masters American people of British-Jewish descent British writers British chess writers Alumni of Keble College, Oxford People educated at Latymer Upper School