Craig Pritchett Explained

Country:	Scotland
Birth Date:	15 January 1949
Birth Place:	Glasgow, Scotland
International Master (1976)
Peakrating:	2425 (January 1977)
Fideid:	2400065

Craig W. Pritchett (born 15 January 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish chess International Master who has written several chess books. He was educated at Allan Glen's School,^[1] ^[2] ^[3] where he was a prominent member of the chess club and represented the school in several tournaments. He has represented Scotland nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1966 - 1990. He has won the Scottish Chess Championships on two occasions (in 1977 and 2005), and played in two Zonal tournaments (1972 and 1975). He is also a chess coach.

Team results for Scotland

Pritchett represented Scotland three times in Student Olympiads, from 1968 - 1970. Here are his detailed results, from olimpbase.org:

Ybbs 1968, board 1, 3/10 (+1 =4 -5);
Dresden 1969, board 2, 4.5/8 (+2 =5 -1);
Haifa 1970, board 2, 2/9 (+1 =2 -6).

Pritchett represented Scotland nine times+Malta 1980 in Chess Olympiads, from 1966 - 1990. Here are his detailed results, from olimpase.org. His totals in 117 games are (+43 =46 -28), for 56.4 per cent.

Havana 1966, board 4, 6.5/16 (+4 =5 -7);
Siegen 1970, board 2, 8.5/14 (+6 =5 -3);
Skopje 1972, board 2, 12.5/18 (+9 =7 -2);
Nice 1974, board 1, 9/15 (+7 =4 -4);
Haifa 1976, board 1, 4.5/11 (+2 =5 -4);
Buenos Aires 1978, board 1, 8/13 (+5 =6 -2);

Chess Olympiad Malta board 1 9/5 (+3 =4 -2)

Lucerne 1982, board 1, 5/9 (+3 =4 -2);
Dubai 1986, board 3, 5.5/11 (+3 =5 -3);
Novi Sad 1990, board 3, 6.5/11 (+4 =5 -1).

Scottish champion

Pritchett has been Scottish champion on at least two occasions. He became an International Master in 1976. Here are his detailed results:^[4]

Bearsden 1972, 4.5/7, tied 1st-3rd places;
Glasgow 1977, 5.5/7, 1st place;
1995, 5.5/9, 4th place;
Oban 1996, 5/9.
Oban 2005, finished 2nd to Jacob Aagaard, who was playing 'hors concours', so Pritchett was awarded the title ^[5]

Steady results in British Chess Championships

Pritchett has competed many times in the British Chess Championships, with generally solid results, qualifying twice to Zonal tournaments. Here are his detailed results:^[6]

Bristol 1968, 6.5/11; tied 7-11th places;
Blackpool 1971, 7/11, qualified for Zonal at Caorle 1972, where he struggled with just 6.5/17;
Brighton 1972, 5.5/11;
Eastbourne 1973, 6/11;
Morecambe 1975, 6.5/11, tied 6-9th places, qualified for Zonal at Pula 1975, where he improved on his earlier showing with 7.5/14 for a tied 7-9th place, but did not advance to the Interzonal stage;
Brighton 1977, 5.5/11;
Brighton 1980, 5.5/11;
Southport 1983, 6/11;
Edinburgh 1985, 6.5/11;
Southampton 1986, 5.5/11;
Swansea 1987, 7/11, tied 6th place;
Blackpool 1988, 4.5/10.

Writings

Pritchett co-authored the book Best Games of the Young Grandmasters (Bell and Howell, London 1980) with Danny Kopec. Pritchett wrote Nimzo Indian 4.e3: Nimzowitsch, Hubner, and Taimanov Variations (Batsford 1980). Another book co-authored with Kopec is Chess World Contenders and Their Styles (2002). A more recent book is Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen, published in 2006; he wrote the first edition of this book in 1977. A forthcoming title from Pritchett in January 2008 is Play the English: A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire for White. Pritchett is the chess columnist for the Glasgow Herald.

Notes and References

Web site: Archived copy . www.allanglens.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www.allanglens.com/images/newsletters/Jun09.pdf . 11 April 2005 . dead.
Web site: Archived copy . www.allanglens.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www.allanglens.com/images/newsletters/MAR2012.pdf . 11 April 2005 . dead.
Web site: Chess - the Scotsman . www.scotsman.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/chess-1-513906 . 11 April 2005 . dead.
Web site: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Craig Pritchett.
Web site: Chess: The Year 2005 in Review . chess.about.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www.chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa06a07d.htm . 11 April 2005 .
Web site: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Craig Pritchett .