Ewen Green (chess player)

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Ewen Green
Full nameEwen McGowen Green
CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Born (1950-04-04) 4 April 1950 (age 72)
Title FIDE Master (1992)
FIDE   rating 2216 (July 2021)
Peak rating 2335 (January 1981)

Ewen McGowen Green (born 4 April 1950) is a freelance chess teacher in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Green attained FIDE Master status in 1992. [1] In 1979–80 he won the New Zealand Chess Championship along with Vernon A. Small and Ortvin Sarapu [1] and has also been an Olympiad player (1970, 1974, 1976). [2]

In 2013, he was equal second in New Zealand Chess Championship. [3]

He is regarded as one of New Zealand's best chess coaches; he coached Cliff Curtis and other cast members of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse. [4]

Green holds the Oceania record for simultaneous games of blindfold chess of 17 boards (13 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) in an arbitered demonstration. [5]

Notable game

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Murray Chandler describes this as "one of the most brilliant combinations ever played by a New Zealander". [6] 1...Rxe7! 2.Qxe7 Qxf3!! 3.gxf3 Rg8+ 4.Kf1 Ba6+ 5.Re2 Nd2+ 6.Ke1 Nxf3+ 7.Kd1 Rg1+ 0-1

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References

  1. 1 2 chessgames.com profile
  2. ↑ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Ewen Green
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Chess - Results 2013".
  4. ↑ http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=93db6da1-082c-4d5b-b0e4-e5a2010caa33&key=Z9ZoLkOOLQRRuiHfqRcxiQ%3d%3d&issue=17512015010900000000001001 . Retrieved 12 June 2015.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ FIDE distributes an additional €37,500 among chess seniors
  6. ↑ NZ Listener, 6 December, 1980


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