English international chess player, columnist, author, and promoter
Leonard William Barden
Born
(1929-08-20) 20 August 1929 (age 94)
South Croydon, London, England
Occupation(s)
chess player, writer, broadcaster, journalist
Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read modern history. Barden learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid. Within a few years he became one of the country's leading juniors.[1] Barden represented England in four Chess Olympiads. He played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s. Barden is a chess columnist for various newspapers. His column in London's Evening Standard is the world's longest-running daily chess column by the same author.
^Anne Sunnucks, The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, 1970, p. 20.
Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The...
of the great chess players". In his 2008 obituary of Bobby Fischer, LeonardBarden wrote that most experts ranked Kasparov as the best ever player, with...
2022, 15 months after learning the game, Sivanandan was described by LeonardBarden as "exceptional". He wrote "Bodhana Sivanandan, who won silver medals...
2011, pp. 98–100. Plisetsky & Voronkov 2005, p. 26. Brady 1973, p. 25. LeonardBarden, "From Portorož to Petrosian", in Wade & O'Connell 1973, p. 332. Lombardy...
from 1976 to 1983. Presented by Jeremy James with expert analysis from LeonardBarden and, later, Bill Hartston, The Master Game was noted for its innovative...
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Ratings". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023. Barden, Leonard (28 January 2006). "Chess: Barden on chess | Sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January...
He earned one-and-a-half more points than required for the GM norm. LeonardBarden noted that Keymer's performance rating (2798) was the highest in history...
Fancourt, Barrister and High Court judge Derren Brown, illusionist LeonardBarden, chess columnist Eric Barker, writer and comedian Jamie Bulloch, translator...
playing him. As of August 2023, living players with Morphy number 3 are LeonardBarden, Bernard Cafferty, Owen Hindle, Franciscus Kuijpers, Christian Langeweg...
Rapidplay Chess Championships". Retrieved 20 January 2015. Barden, Leonard (August 2014). "LeonardBarden on Chess". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2015....
Sun-Sentinel and Los Angeles Times. A record of longevity has been achieved by LeonardBarden, who still writes weekly chess columns for The Guardian since September...
vs. Viktor Korchnoi (1962)". Chessgames.com. Barden, Leonard (1980), Play better CHESS with LeonardBarden, Octopus Books Limited, p. 49, ISBN 0-7064-0967-1...
tournament he played a queen sacrifice against Sergey Karjakin, which LeonardBarden said may be "the move of the year". He scored 11½/21 in the World Blitz...
Tata Steel Masters". FIDE. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024. LeonardBarden. "Chess: Wei Yi wins at Wijk aan Zee as former prodigy emerges from...
Hou Yifan, No 1 woman and professor at 26, loses in online return, LeonardBarden, The Guardian, 17 July 2020 Newsmakers, Beijing Review PEOPLE/POINTS...
and lost six. He was the only player to defeat the winner, Gukesh D. Barden, Leonard (27 December 2019). "Chess: Iran's Alireza Firouzja, 16, bypasses ban...
com. Barden, Leonard (8 November 2019), "Chess: Carlsen 'deeply ashamed' of heavy loss to So in World Random final", The Guardian Barden, Leonard (8 November...
Candidates 2022: Venue and schedule announced, Chessbase, March 28, 2022 Barden, Leonard (17 December 2021). "Carlsen's doubts over title defence leave chess...
дать отпор взрослым экспертам, retrieved 2018-09-14 Barden, Leonard (2017-09-08). "LeonardBarden on Chess". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-12. "Ukraine...
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