Simon Webb

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Simon Webb (born June 10, 1949 in London , † March 14, 2005 in Järfälla , Sweden) was a British chess player .

Life

His achievements included the shared first place in the British U18 championship in 1966 and 4th place in the European Youth Championship in 1969. Although he never became a professional player, he took part in various strong tournaments. In 1975 he reached the shared 2nd place behind William Hartston at the British Chess Championships . In 1977 he was awarded the title of International Master by the World Chess Federation FIDE . His last Elo rating was 2420 and his highest rating was 2445 in January 1978.

Webb began correspondence chess in the early 1980s and almost completely gave up the game on the board. In the final of the 14th ICCF World Championship, he finished 5th. In 1983 he won the grandmaster title in correspondence chess. His highest rating in correspondence chess was 2609. In 1997 he won the first IECG World Championship.

Simon Webb was best known for his textbook Chess for Tiger (1978, ISBN 3499173832 ), in which he gives psychological tips for tournament practice in a humorous way . Webb had lived in Stockholm since the mid-1980s .

On March 14, 2005, he was stabbed to death by his 25-year-old son after an argument. His son, who had a criminal record for drug offenses, attempted suicide in his car, but survived with a broken nose.

National team

With the English national team Webb took part in the European team championships in 1977 in Moscow and in 1980 in Skara . In 1980 he reached third place with the team.

societies

Since moving to Sweden, Webb played for Wasa SK until his death , with whom he became Swedish team champion in 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 and 1991 and took part in the European Club Cup three times .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elo history up to 2001 at olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Obituary in Tidskrift för Schack 3/2005, page 211 (PDF, Swedish; 1.4 MB)
  3. ↑ Simon Webb's results at European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Simon Webb's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Webb, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chess player
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 2005
Place of death Järfälla , Sweden