Baruch Harold Wood

Baruch Harold Wood, OBE (BH Wood) ( born July 13, 1909 in Sheffield, † April 4, 1989 in Sutton Coldfield ) was an English chess master and author.

Tournament Players

Wood won 1938-1957 eight times the championship of Warwickshire. In 1939 he represented England at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. He took first place in tournaments Baarn 1947 Paignton 1954, Whitby 1963, Tórshavn in 1967 and Jersey in 1975. 1948 he was in London at the British Second Cup.

His best historical Elo rating of 2459, he reached in July 1946.

Also in correspondence chess, he was successful: He won the British Championship in 1945 From 1946 to 1951 he was President of the ICCA, a forerunner of the International Correspondence Chess Federation. .

He was also an international referee since 1974. He was also co-founder of the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club. He was president of the British Schools Chess Association and the British Universities Chess Association. He represented England when the country became a member of FIDE.

Author

Wood founded 1935, the British chess magazine Chess. This he conducted until 1988, when it was taken over by the publisher Pergamon Press.

He also wrote for the Daily Telegraph as well as The Illustrated London News. From 1948 to February 1967, he was responsible for the chess column of the Birmingham Daily Post.

Great deal of attention and placed three times was his book Easy Guide to Chess, which first appeared in 1942. Other books include World Championship Candidates Tournament in 1953 and 100 Victorian Chess Problems (1972).

Private

Woods daughter Peggy Clarke, son Peter Clarke, and sons Christopher, Frank and Philip are also strong chess player.