Gordon Thomas Crown
Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1945 to 1947
Overall record: +8 -2 =0 (80.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
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Queen's Gambit Declined (3 games)

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GORDON THOMAS CROWN (born Jun-20-1929, died Nov-17-1947) United Kingdom [what is this?] Gordon Thomas Crown was born on the 20th of June 1929 in Liverpool, England. He learnt to play chess aged nine and soon became strong enough to win the Lancashire Junior Championship three times running. He was 2nd at the British Boys Championship in 1946 and in the Hastings Congress of 1946-47 he won 1st place in the Premier Reserve section. In 1947 he won 3rd prize in the British Championship and in September of that year he played 4th board for Britain against Alexander Kotov whom he defeated in one of the two games they played (he lost the other one). In November suffering from peritonitis he was rushed to hospital but died during the operation as he was a diabetic. His premature death (at the age of 18) was a great loss not only to British chess but to the entire chess world.

page 1 of 1; 10 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Morley vs G Crown 0-1 23 1945 ENG C37 King's Gambit Accepted 2. G Crown vs R Lee Johnson 0-1 48 1946 Nottingham-B2 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. J O'Hanlon vs G Crown 0-1 42 1946 Nottingham-B2 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. G Crown vs E G Sergeant   1-0 46 1946 Nottingham-B2 C51 Evans Gambit 5. K Charlesworth vs G Crown   1-0 46 1946 Nottingham-B2 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. G Crown vs R Guy   1-0 42 1946 Nottingham-B2 D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Ritson-Morry vs G Crown 0-1 10 1947 Harrogate B56 Sicilian 8. G Crown vs Lipton 1-0 38 1947 ? C52 Evans Gambit 9. L J Tummers vs G Crown   0-1 31 1947 Team match NED-ENG E70 King's Indian 10. G Crown vs Kotov 1-0 35 1947 ENG-URS B24 Sicilian, Closed

Sep-25-04    Benzol: This player might have gone on to GM status had he not died prematurely. Oct-20-04    ray keene: we are missing his most famous win v kotov!! Oct-20-04    ray keene: ps can someone supply it -its a superb game i seem to recall Oct-20-04    AdrianP: [Event "ENG-URS"] [Site "London"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Crown,Gordon Thomas"] [Black "Kotov,Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B24"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 b6 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.h3 Ba6 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bh6 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Be5 15.0-0 d4 16.Rfe1 0-0-0 17.Nf4 Rhe8 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Nxb6+ axb6 20.Rxb6 Bb7 21.Reb1 Re7 22.Qc1 Rdd7 23.Bf8 Rc7 24.Qa3 Qe6 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Qa4 Nd8 27.Qb5 h5 28.a4 h4 29.gxh4 Bd6 30.a5 Qd7 31.a6 Qxb5 32.axb7+ Kb8 33.R1xb5 Bf4 34.Ra6 Nxb7 35.Rab6 1-0 <Ray> Here it is and I'll send it to <chessgames.com> Oct-20-04    ray keene: excellent-deserves to be up Jun-20-07    Stonehenge: Good to have him as player of the day. He shouldn't be forgotten. Jun-20-07    yxcvbnm: not seems to have been quite a friend of draws. right? Jun-20-07    cu8sfan: What an inspiring name for a GotD pun... (-: Jun-20-07    Wild Bill: <cu8sfan>: We can use pictures from the 1968 movie. Is there a game that features a McQueen sacrifice? Jun-20-07    fm avari viraf: Indeed, very sad to learn that Gordon Crown passed away as a teenager. May God Bless His Soul Peace in Heaven. Dec-08-07    Jim Bartle: I heard he had an affair. Two, in fact. Dec-08-07    Benzol: <Jim> It would be a good pun for one of his games. "The Thomas Crown Affair". May-21-08    vonKrolock: Two Crown photos online - one a fine portrait, and the other a very sugestive caption of him playing the last move in his famous game G Crown vs Kotov, 1947 Thanks to Edward Winter Jun-20-08    brankat: A terrible loss to all of Chess world was such a tragically premature death of this very talented young man. R.I.P. Mr.Crown.

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