David Vincent Hooper (31 August 1915 – 3 May 1998), born in

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player and writer. As an amateur, he tied for fifth place in the 1949 British Championship at

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champion in 1944 and the London Chess Champion in 1948. He played in the

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at Helsinki in 1952. Hooper was an expert in the chess endgame and in chess history of the nineteenth century. He is best known for his chess writing, including ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'' (1992 with Ken Whyld), ''Steinitz'' (Hamburg 1968, in German), and ''A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames'' (London 1950)

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Obituary

Remembering David Hooper (31-viii-1915 03-v-1998)
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