John Rice (chess composer)
John Rice (born July 19, 1937 ) is a British chess composer . From 2002 to 2006 he was President of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition at FIDE (PCCC).
In the mid-1950s he was working on two-pass mate problems. In the 1960s he became a clerk for British Chess Magazine . In the mid-1980s he became President of the British Chess Problem Society , for whose magazine The Problemist he was a contributor in 1999.
Rice has been International Chess Composition Master since 1969, International Chess Composition Referee since 1972, and Chess Composition Grand Master since 2015 . He led the British championship in solving chess problems several times.
Private
Rice is married; the couple has two sons.
Works
- Michael Lipton , R. C. O. Matthews & John M. Rice: Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art . Faber & Faber. London 1963
- John Rice: Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems. Batsford. London 1996. ISBN 1-879479-33-8
Web links
- Compositions by John Rice (chess composer) on the Schwalbe's PDB server
- John Rice on a boat tour to Mount Athos during the 47th PCCC Congress 2004 in Chalkidiki (Greece)
- John Rice (right) on a boat tour to Mount Athos during the 47th PCCC Congress 2004 in Chalkidiki
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Personalia , in: Die Schwalbe , issue 226, August 2007.
- ^ Paul Valois: John Rice . PCCC website. Retrieved August 8, 2010
- ↑ International masters for chess compositions
- ↑ International referees for chess compositions
- ↑ Grandmaster of FIDE for chess compositions
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rice, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rice, John M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1937 |