Ewen Green (chess player) explained
| Ewen Green |
| Full Name: | Ewen McGowen Green |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1950 |
| FIDE Master (1992) |
| Peakrating: | 2335 (January 1981) |
Ewen McGowen Green (born 4 April 1950) is a freelance chess teacher in Auckland, New Zealand.
Green attained FIDE Master status in 1992. In 1979–80 he won the New Zealand Chess Championship along with Vernon A. Small and Ortvin Sarapu[1] and has also been an Olympiad player (1970, 1974, 1976).[2]
In 2013, he was equal second in New Zealand Chess Championship.[3]
He is regarded as one of New Zealand's best chess coaches; he coached Cliff Curtis and other cast members of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse.[4]
Green holds the Oceania record for simultaneous games of blindfold chess of 17 boards (13 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) in an arbitered demonstration.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: The chess game of Ewen McGowen Green . 8 February 2023 . Chessgames.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028194525/http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=81935. 28 October 2021. live.
- Web site: Green, Ewan . OlimpBase . 8 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210459/http://www.olimpbase.org/players/06ckak8b.html . 4 March 2016 . live.
- Web site: New Zealand Chess - Results 2013 . 8 February 2023 . New Zealand Chess Federation . https://web.archive.org/web/20210513191029/http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/results2013.html . 13 May 2021. live.
- News: Kay . Jeremy . James Napier Robertson, The Dark Horse . 8 February 2023 . Screen Daily . . 8 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820021525/https://www.screendaily.com/features/james-napier-robertson-the-dark-horse/5081603.article . 20 August 2022. live.
- Web site: FIDE distributes an additional €37,500 among chess seniors . . 8 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221227102019/https://www.fide.com/news/1240 . 27 December 2022 . 2 August 2021. live.
