William Hartston

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William Roland Hartston (born August 12, 1947 in London ) is an English chess player and author.

Life

William Hartston studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge .

In 1973 he was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE . He won the British Championship in 1973 (after a playoff with Michael Basman ) and in 1975.

His Elo rating is 2430 (as of August 2014), but he is listed as inactive because he has not played a rated game since 1987. Hartston achieved his highest rating of 2485 in January 1979.

Hartston has also worked as a chess journalist for the BBC , among others , was a columnist for the Daily Express and wrote numerous chess books as well as popular science works.

He was temporarily married to the chess grandmaster Jana Bellin .

Tournament successes

  • Hastings 1972/73: 3rd place
  • Sarajevo 1976: 1st place

National team

He played for the English team at the 1966 , 1970 , 1972 , 1974 , 1976 and 1978 Chess Olympiads . With the team he reached third place in Haifa in 1976 , in 1970 he was the most successful player on the third board in victories . He also took part in the European Team Championships in 1973, 1977, 1980 and 1983 and achieved third place as the best result in 1980 in Skara .

societies

Hartston played for the University of Cambridge team . With this he took part in the European Club Cup in 1987/88, but failed in the first round at Bayern Munich , with Hartston losing to Stefan Kindermann with 0.5: 1.5.

Works (selection)

  • How to cheat at chess: everything you always wanted to know about chess, but were afraid to ask. London 1976. ISBN 1857440994 .
  • The kings of chess: a history of chess traced through the lives of its greatest players. London 1985. ISBN 0907516785 .
  • The Guinness book of chess grandmasters. Enfield 1996. ISBN 0851125549 .
  • Mr. Hartston's most excellent encyclopedia of useless information. London 2006. ISBN 9781843581604 .
  • Brilliant chess. London 2011. ISBN 9781444135794 .
  • The bumper book of things nobody knows: 1001 mysteries of life, the universe and everything. London 2017. ISBN 9781786490742 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ William Hartston's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ William Hartston's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Results of the University of Cambridge at the European Club Cup 1987/88 on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hartston, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartston, William Roland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chess player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH London