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William Hartston
  • Birth Name:
    William Roland Hartston
  • Date of Birth:
    August 12, 1947
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Leo
  • Place of Birth:
    London
  • Sex:
    Male

Family

William Hartston
  • Spouse:
    Jana Bellin, Elizabeth
  • Son:
    James and Nicholas

Career

William Hartston

Trivia

William Hartston
  • Writes the off-beat Beachcomber column for the Daily Express and books on chess, mathematics, humour and trivia.
  • During the 1980s, presented the BBC series "Play Chess" and since the early 1970s, has made many TV appearances for the BBC, usually in the role of expert commentator and analyst on chess world title matches, including Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky, Karpov-Korchnoi, Kasparov-Nigel Short and Kasparov-Viswanathan Anand.
  • Won the British Chess Championship in 1973 and 1975, the former being one year after he was awarded the International Master title.
  • At the 19th Chess Olympiad, held at Siegen 1970, he won the gold medal for best score on board 3 (78.1%).
  • Is probably best known as a chess author and presenter of the game on television.
  • Is an English chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo rating of 2515.

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