Paul Motwani

Anthony Paul Motwani ( born June 13, 1962 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish chess player and writer of Scotch- Indian origin.

Life

At the age of 11 he learned chess. Paul Motwani grew up in Dundee and studied from 1980 to 1984 mathematics and physics at the University of Dundee. He wrote articles for the magazine, among other Scottish Chess. For the newspaper The Scotsman, he wrote a weekly column. Motwani has been living in Belgium in 1995.

Achievements

In 1978 he was in Terneuzen - Sas van Gent Cadet World Champion ( U16 ). Seven times he won the Scottish Individual Championship: 1978 in Edinburgh, in 1986 in Troon (South Ayrshire ), 1987 in Hamilton (South Lanarkshire ), 1992 in Troon, 1993 in St Andrews (with Colin McNab ), 2002 in Stirling and 2003 in Edinburgh ( shared with Ketevan Arachamia - Grant).

With the Scottish national team, he took Between 1986 and 2004 in nine Chess Olympiads, in which he left out only the Olympics in 1998 for the birth of his son, with a total score of 58 points from 95 games ( 33, -12, = 50). Chess club he plays in Belgium for the SC Boey Temse, in the Netherlands for HWP Sas van Gent. He also played as early as the Scottish and French (for the Club de Reims Echec et Mat) team championship.

Since 1992 he has chess grandmaster. He was the first Scot, who received this item. His current Elo rating is 2494 (as of January 2013), so that it is behind Jonathan Rowson and Matthew Turner on the third place in the Scottish Elo ranking. His previous highest Elo rating was 2552 in July 2004.

Publications

In order of first publication:

  • Trends in English: e5. Trends Publications, London, 1990, ISBN 1-871-54186-7.
  • H.O.T. Chess. International Chess Enterprises, Seattle 1997, ISBN 0-7134-7975-2.
  • C.O.O.L. Chess. Batsford, London 1997, ISBN 0-7134-7974-4.
  • S.T.A.R. Chess - Chess stars of heaven. Chess Publishing Kania, Schwieberdingen 2002, ISBN 3-931192-13- X.
  • Chess Under the Microscope: Magnify Your Chess Strength! . Batsford, London 1999, ISBN 0-7134-8390-3.
  • The Most Instrucive Games of the Young Grandmasters. Everyman Chess, London 1999, ISBN 1-85744-534-1.
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