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2003 In Chess
Events in chess in 2003: Deaths *February 4 – Jaroslav Šajtar (1921–2003), 81, Czech Grandmaster and FIDE vice chairman. *May 10 – Milan Vukcevich (1937–2003), 66, Yugoslav/American International Master, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, and scientist. *May 11 – Luděk Pachman (1924–2003), 78, Czech Grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. *May 16 – Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), 81, Polish Grandmaster. *June 24 – Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), 83, American International Master, chess writer, U.S. deaf champion. *July 11 – Ken Whyld Kenneth Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003) was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper) of ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'', a single-volume chess reference work in English. Whyld was a st ... (1926–2003), 77, British chess writer and researcher. *August 31 - Péter Székely (1955–2003), 48, Hungarian Grandmaster. *October 31 – Antonio Medina (1919–2003), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péter Székely
Péter Székely (1955–2003) was a Hungarian chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ... Grandmaster. In the 2003 Capablanca Memorial tournament he drew all 13 of his games, the shortest in 8 moves and the longest in 13 for a total of 130 moves played. References External links * 1955 births 2003 deaths Chess Grandmasters 20th-century Hungarian chess players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen Chess players from Budapest Hungarian chess players {{Hungary-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Chess
Events in chess in 2003: Deaths *February 4 – Jaroslav Šajtar (1921–2003), 81, Czech Grandmaster and FIDE vice chairman. *May 10 – Milan Vukcevich (1937–2003), 66, Yugoslav/American International Master, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, and scientist. *May 11 – Luděk Pachman (1924–2003), 78, Czech Grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. *May 16 – Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), 81, Polish Grandmaster. *June 24 – Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), 83, American International Master, chess writer, U.S. deaf champion. *July 11 – Ken Whyld Kenneth Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003) was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper) of ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'', a single-volume chess reference work in English. Whyld was a st ... (1926–2003), 77, British chess writer and researcher. *August 31 - Péter Székely (1955–2003), 48, Hungarian Grandmaster. *October 31 – Antonio Medina (1919–2003), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Parr
Frank Parr (17 December 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an English chess player who was born in Wandsworth. He was British Boys (Under 18) champion in 1935. Biography Parr won the Hastings Premier in 1939/1940 with a score of 6/7, including five wins and two draws. He played in uniform, having been called up for military service in 1939. This was his only Hastings Premier appearance, although he played in many Challengers' sections up to 2002/3. Parr was the British correspondence chess champion in 1948 (joint with Gabriel Wood), 1949 (joint with H Israel), 1950, and 1956. Parr played in 25 British Chess Championships from 1936 to 1991, compiling an overall score of 134½/275. He made his first appearance in the championship in 1936, taking fifth place with 6/11 including a victory over George Alan Thomas. In his second appearance in 1955 he scored 7½ with wins over Robert Wade and Jonathan Penrose. His best result was in 1956 when, after managing only a draw in the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
