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Leonard Barden
August 20, 2020
From:
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/08...eonard-barden/
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEONARD BARDEN (20-VIII-1929)
AUGUST 20, 2020 JOHN UPHAM
Ninety-one today is Leonard Barden, born Tuesday, August 20th, 1929.
His mother’s maiden was Bartholomew and she became Elise EM Barden when she married Leonard’s father who was William C Barden and they were living in 1939 at 89, Tennison Road, Croydon.
From The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford, 1977) by Harry Golombek :
“British Master and joint British Champion 1954. Barden was born in Croydon and learned to play at his school, Whitgift, which became a frequent producer of fine players.
In 1946 he tied for first place in the London Boys Championship and in the following year he tied with Jonathan Penrose for first place in the British Boys Championship, but lost the play-off.
In 1952 he came first at Paignton ahead of the Canadian Grandmaster Yanofsky and he reached his peak in 1954 when, after tieing for first place with the Belgian Grandmaster O’Kelly de Galway at Bognor, he tied for first place in the British Championship at Nottingham with A. Phillips. The play-off was drawn and so the players became joint champions.
He played for the BCF in four Olympiads from 1952 to 1962 and then abandoned competitive chess, applying all his energies to writing (he is chess correspondent of the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Evening Standard and the Field, and has written many books on the game.
He has also developed two special interests, in junior chess and in grading, working with utmost persistence and energy in both of these fields.
See the BCN article (above) for photos and games.
See also:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...ears-old-today
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...amazing-record
August 20, 2020
From:
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/08...eonard-barden/
An excerpt:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEONARD BARDEN (20-VIII-1929)
AUGUST 20, 2020 JOHN UPHAM
Ninety-one today is Leonard Barden, born Tuesday, August 20th, 1929.
His mother’s maiden was Bartholomew and she became Elise EM Barden when she married Leonard’s father who was William C Barden and they were living in 1939 at 89, Tennison Road, Croydon.
From The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford, 1977) by Harry Golombek :
“British Master and joint British Champion 1954. Barden was born in Croydon and learned to play at his school, Whitgift, which became a frequent producer of fine players.
In 1946 he tied for first place in the London Boys Championship and in the following year he tied with Jonathan Penrose for first place in the British Boys Championship, but lost the play-off.
In 1952 he came first at Paignton ahead of the Canadian Grandmaster Yanofsky and he reached his peak in 1954 when, after tieing for first place with the Belgian Grandmaster O’Kelly de Galway at Bognor, he tied for first place in the British Championship at Nottingham with A. Phillips. The play-off was drawn and so the players became joint champions.
He played for the BCF in four Olympiads from 1952 to 1962 and then abandoned competitive chess, applying all his energies to writing (he is chess correspondent of the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Evening Standard and the Field, and has written many books on the game.
He has also developed two special interests, in junior chess and in grading, working with utmost persistence and energy in both of these fields.
See the BCN article (above) for photos and games.
See also:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...ears-old-today
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...amazing-record
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