Alan Phillips
Male, Deceased Person
1923 – 2009
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Who was Alan Phillips?
Alan Phillips was a chess master who won the British Chess Championship in 1954, along with Leonard Barden. He was one of the stars in the Stockport Grammar School chess club started by Richard K. Guy in 1939. After WWII, he studied at University of Cambridge, where he tied with Peter Swinnerton-Dyer for the university chess championship. He is the author of a number of articles and books on chess, including
Chess: Sixty years on with Caissa & Friends, Caissa Editions, 2003
The Chess Teacher, Oxford University Press, 1978
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- Born
- Oct 28, 1923
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Jun 24, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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