Jonathan Penrose
Jonathan Penrose | |
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International Master (1961) | |
FIDE rating | 2405 (January 1980) |
Peak rating | 2450 (July 1971) |
ICCF rating | 2711 (July 1995) |
ICCF peak rating | 2724 (July 1993) |
Jonathan Penrose,
Early years
Penrose was born in Colchester. Learning the game at age four, he was a member of Hampstead Chess Club at twelve and British Boys (Under 18) Champion at just fourteen years of age. Chess was played by the entire Penrose family. His father was a composer of endgame studies and a strong player, as was his older brother Oliver.
By the age of seventeen, he was already acknowledged as a top prospect for British chess. Playing
Playing career
Penrose earned the
He competed in eight Chess Olympiads between 1952 and 1962, then at the Olympiads of 1968 and 1970, frequently posting excellent scores, including +9−1=7 in 1962 (Varna), and +10−0=5 in 1968 (Lugano). On both of these occasions, he won an individual silver medal on first board; in 1968, his score was bettered only by the World Champion, Tigran Petrosian.
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At the Leipzig 1960 Olympiad, he defeated then-World Champion Mikhail Tal with the white pieces in a Modern Benoni:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.h3 Nbd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Ng3 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Qf3 Nfd7 16.Be3 b5 17.axb5 Rb8 18.Qf2 axb5 19.e5 dxe5 20.f5 Bb7 21.Rad1 Ba8 22.Nce4 Na4 23.Bxa4 bxa4 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qf7+ Kh8 26.Nc5 Qa7 27.Qxd7 Qxd7 28.Nxd7 Rxb2 29.Nb6 Rb3 30.Nxc4 Rd8 31.d6 Rc3 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Bd5 34.Nb6 Bb3 35.Ne4 h6 36.d7 Bf8 37.Rc8 Be7 38.Bc5 Bh4 39.g3 1–0.[3]
This victory made Penrose the first British player to beat a reigning world champion since Joseph Henry Blackburne defeated Emanuel Lasker in 1899.[4]
Correspondence chess
Penrose's over the board performance started to decline in the 1970s and he fainted at the
Personal life
Penrose was the son of Margaret Leathes and
Penrose was awarded the
He died on 30 November 2021, at the age of 88.[6]
References
- ^ "The Penrose Family: Scientists and Chess Players". Chess News. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- FIDE.com. Archived from the originalon 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Penrose vs Mikhail Tal". Chessgames.com. Chessgames Services LLC.
- ^ Barden, Leonard (26 April 2013). "Michael Adams beats world champion Vishy Anand for second time". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "9th CC Olympiad Final". International Correspondence Chess Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Barden, Leonard (2 December 2021). "Jonathan Penrose obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-14-046452-8.
- ISBN 0-7091-1030-8.
- Gizycki, Jerzy (1977). A History Of Chess (revised ed.). Abbey Library. p. 60. ISBN 0-7196-0086-3.
External links
- Jonathan Penrose rating card at FIDE
- Jonathan Penrose player details at ICCF
- Jonathan Penrose FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Jonathan Penrose Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Jonathan Penrose player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Jonathan Penrose chess games at 365Chess.com