Ross Siemms

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Ross Siemms
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Born (1935-09-07) 7 September 1935 (age 85)

Ross Siemms (born 7 September 1935) is a Canadian chess player, Canadian Correspondence Chess Championship medalist (1994).

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Chess career

In the 1950s, Ross Siemms was one of Canada's leading junior chess players. In 1950, he shared 1st place in U.S. Junior Chess Championship but lost additional match. In 1953, in Copenhagen Ross Siemms represented Canada in the second World Junior Chess Championship and shared 6th – 8th place. [1] In 1954, he won U.S. Junior Open Chess Championship and Canadian Junior Chess Championship. [2] In the same year he participated in Pan-American Chess Championship and ranked in 17th place. [3]

Ross Siemms played for Canada in the Chess Olympiad: [4]

Also Ross Siemms played correspondence chess and won silver medal in the Canadian Correspondence Chess Championship (1994).

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References

  1. 2nd junior world championship, Copenhagen
  2. Canadian Chess Biographies
  3. 2nd Hollywood Pan-American Chess Championship :: Hollywood, Los Angeles 1954
  4. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ross Siemms". www.olimpbase.org.