Raymond Keene

Raymond Dennis Keene ( born January 29, 1948 in London ) is an English chess master, chess author and chess journalist.

Achievements

Raymond Keene in 1967, second in the World Junior Championships (World champion Julio Kaplan, Third January Timman ) and won in 1971 the British Individual Championship. 1976 Keene became the second British Grand Master, in the same year and shortly after Tony Miles. In 1978, he worked as Sekundant for Victor Korchnoi in the world championship match against Anatoly Karpov in Baguio. He represented England from 1966 to 1980 for a total of eight Chess Olympiads, in which he lost 93 games only nine. Among his most important successes in tournament chess include - in addition to winning the British Championship - his victory at the Dortmund Chess 1980 days and the shared first place, the traditional " Lloyds Bank Open " in London in 1981, along with Yasser Seirawan and Tony Miles. Keene is no longer internationally schachlich active, his Elo rating is 2455 (as of January 2008).

Other activities

Keene is responsible for the candidates semi-final between Garry Kasparov and Korchnoi, which was held in 1983 in London. He also was one of the organizers of the World Championship between Kasparov and Karpov, the first half of 1986 also took place in London. With the company and then Internet platform " Brain Games " organized Keene, outside of the official World Cup cycles the World Chess Federation FIDE, the 2000 world title fight between Kramnik and Kasparov. In 2002, organized Keene and " Brain Games " the competition Kramnik against the chess program Deep Fritz in Bahrain.

Keene involved with the mental trainer Tony Buzan in the foundation of thinking sports Olympics and taught with that memory together several world championships.

Keene is also active as an author and journalist, by its own account, he has written over 120 chess books. As his best work is considered to be a biography of chess ' s pattern: Aron Nimzowitsch. A Reappraisal ( 1st edition in 1974, expanded edition 1999, ISBN 0-7134-8438-1 ). Keene 's invention Qd8 - e8 in the classical system of Nimzowitsch - Indian defense after 5 a2 -a3 6 Lb4xc3 Dc2xc3 reflects his sighting of Nimzowitsch ' work.

In contrast, other books Keene's have been criticized for the content, weaknesses, including the co-authored with Michael Gelb book Samurai Chess. Mastering the Martial Art of the Mind. 1993 Keene was alleged to have committed plagiarism in his book The Complete Book of Gambits. In the English daily The Times Keene manages its own chess column.

Awards

For his services to the Chess Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the Order of Knights Officer of the British Empire ( OBE).

Works (selection)

By Richard N. Coles:

  • Howard Staunton, world chess champion the English. St Leonards on Sea: British Chess Magazine, 1975, ISBN 0900846194

With David S. Goodman:

  • Maneuvers in Moscow: Karpov - Kasparov II Collier Books, 1986, ISBN 0-02-028720-8
  • The Centenary Match, Kasparov - Karpov III. Batsford, London 1986 ISBN 0-02-028700-3
  • Showdown in Seville Kasparov - Karpov IV Collier Books, 1988, ISBN 1-84382-121-4
  • Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue. H3 Inc, 1997, ISBN 1-888281-06-5
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