Simon Webb (chess player)
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| FIDE rating | 2420 (January 1992)[1] |
| Peak rating | 2445 (January 1978)[1] |
| ICCF rating | 2609 (April 2005)[2] |
| ICCF peak rating | 2665 (October 2001)[2] |
Simon Webb (10 June 1949 – 14 March 2005) was a British
Born in
Webb took up correspondence chess in the early 1980s, and all but gave up over-the-board play for a long time. He gained the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster title in 1983 and scored a number of impressive results. In the 14th World Correspondence Chess Championship, won by Tõnu Õim, Webb finished fifth of the 15 participants with 8.5/14. His final ICCF Elo rating was 2609.[2]
Webb was perhaps best known for his humorous book on practical tournament play, Chess for Tigers (Oxford University Press, 1978,
, partnered by his brother Roger.In the 1980s, Webb moved to Sweden.[3] Since the late 1990s, he played in the Swedish team championship.
On 14 March 2005, he was fatally stabbed in the family hallway by his 25-year-old son, Dennis. Dennis subsequently drove into a wall at some 130 km/hour but survived with a broken nose.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c "FIDE rating history: Webb, Simon". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ ICCF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Laville, Sandra (22 March 2005). "Tributes to murdered grandmaster". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.
- ^ a b Boyes, Roger (22 March 2005). "Son held over knife killing of chess Grand Master". The Times. Archived from the original on 7 January 2006.
External links
- Simon Webb player details at ICCF
- Simon Webb player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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