Robert Byrne

Chess Player

1928 – 2013

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Who was Robert Byrne?

Robert Eugene Byrne was an American chess Grandmaster and chess author. He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals. He was the chess columnist from 1972 to 2006 for the New York Times, which ran his final column on November 12, 2006. Byrne worked as a university professor for many years, before becoming a chess professional in the early 1970s.

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Born
Apr 20, 1928
New York City
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Yale University
Lived in
  • New York City
Died
Apr 12, 2013

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on July 23, 2013

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