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 74)
Title FIDE Master (1992)
Peak rating 2335 (January 1981)

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

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The chess game of Ewen McGowen Green". Chessgames.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Green, Ewan". OlimpBase. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Chess - Results 2013". New Zealand Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (8 January 2015). "James Napier Robertson, The Dark Horse". Screen Daily. Screen International. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "FIDE distributes an additional €37,500 among chess seniors". International Chess Federation. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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