Reginald Joseph Broadbent
Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1946 to 1954
Overall record: +10 -16 =10 (41.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  Sicilian (7)      B20 B58 B73 B30 B91  Ruy Lopez (5)      C78 C79 C92 C83	With the Black pieces:  Nimzo Indian (4)      E42 E29 E26 E20

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REGINALD JOSEPH BROADBENT (born Aug-03-1906, died Oct-29-1988) South Africa [what is this?] Reginald Joseph Broadbent was born on the 3rd of August 1906 in Durban, South Africa. He was British Champion in 1948 and 1950.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Wood vs R Broadbent   1-0 39 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Tartakower vs R Broadbent 1-0 30 1946 London-A B20 Sicilian 3. R Broadbent vs A Thomas   0-1 41 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham C78 Ruy Lopez 4. R Broadbent vs R F Combe   1-0 47 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 5. R Broadbent vs Milner-Barry   1-0 40 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. R Broadbent vs W Winter   1-0 44 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham B20 Sicilian 7. B H Wood vs R Broadbent   1-0 30 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. G Abrahams vs R Broadbent 1-0 51 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. R Broadbent vs Wade 1-0 34 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham C02 French, Advance 10. R Broadbent vs Golombek   ½-½ 69 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 11. F Parr vs R Broadbent 1-0 31 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham D00 Queen's Pawn Game 12. C H Alexander vs R Broadbent 0-1 44 1946 BCF-ch Nottingham C51 Evans Gambit 13. R Broadbent vs J Fichtl   0-1 25 1947 Match UK-CZE C02 French, Advance 14. Golombek vs R Broadbent   ½-½ 32 1947 GBR-ch London C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 15. R Broadbent vs G Koshnitsky   1-0 35 1947 Australia vs England Radio Match C02 French, Advance 16. J Fichtl vs R Broadbent   0-1 45 1947 Match UK-CZE C44 King's Pawn Game 17. R Broadbent vs W J Muhring   1-0 45 1947 Team match NED-ENG C78 Ruy Lopez 18. R Broadbent vs Euwe   ½-½ 56 1948 London C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 19. Euwe vs R Broadbent 1-0 42 1948 ENG-NED C07 French, Tarrasch 20. Tartakower vs R Broadbent   ½-½ 45 1951 Staunton mem E20 Nimzo-Indian 21. C H Alexander vs R Broadbent   ½-½ 37 1951 Staunton mem C53 Giuoco Piano 22. R Broadbent vs P Trifunovic   ½-½ 28 1951 Staunton mem B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 23. Gligoric vs R Broadbent 1-0 28 1951 Staunton mem E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 24. R Broadbent vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 52 1951 Staunton mem B20 Sicilian 25. Wade vs R Broadbent   1-0 40 1951 Staunton centenary C30 King's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

Dec-23-04    Benzol: Reginald Joseph Broadbent Born 3rd August 1906 in Durban, South Africa British champion in 1948 and 1950. He was also 1st= in 1947 but lost the playoff. Dec-04-05    chancho: Reginald Joseph Broadbent, played a game of living chess with Nicholas Rossolimo, at London's South bank during the Festival of Britain in 1951. Aug-03-06    Eastfrisian: ... And still living ? Aug-03-06    keypusher: Author of a book on Bird's Opening, according to Tartakower. Has anyone got a copy? Aug-03-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Of course there's a chance that he's still alive, but I think it's more likely that his passing away has simply not been reported and as such is still assumed alive. Anyway, in case I'm wrong, happy birthday Mr. Broadbent! Aug-03-06    BaranDuin: Unfortunatly, he is already dead. According to (http://www.arves.org/Biografie.htm) he died on 29.10.1988. Aug-03-07    xenophon: still dead i presume Aug-03-08    whiteshark: Player of the Day Picture from the Contestants at Nottingham 1946: http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pi... Back row l - r: Gabriel Wood, <Reginald Broadbent>, Philip Milner-Barry, A.R.B.Thomas, Barry Wood. Front: Bob Wade, Frank Parr, William Winter, Robert Combe, Hugh Alexander, Harry Golombek, Gerald Abrahams. Source: http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pi... Aug-03-08    artyom2008: happy birthday mr broadbent Nov-23-08    GrahamClayton: Is this Broadbent the same person after whom the 1925-1937 style of Staunton knight design is named after? http://www.fersht.com/chess/BCS_Ns2... May-28-09    YoungEd: I've read the Broadbent book on Bird's Opening--checked it out from a college library. Interesting and fun, though not groundbreaking.

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