Richard G Eales
Number of games in database: 21
Years covered: 1968 to 1973
Current FIDE rating: 2360
Overall record: +4 -6 =11 (45.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B02		Alekhine's Defense (3 games)

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RICHARD G EALES United Kingdom [what is this?] FIDE Master Richard Eales is one of the world's leading chess historians, having written the standard modern history Chess: The History of a Game. He is also a noted chess theoretician, co-authoring a book on Alekhine's Defence with many times champion of Wales Howard Williams. He shared second prize in the 1970 British Championship and represented Cambridge University in victorious matches against Oxford, as well as being part of the team which won the UK National Championship for clubs and counties on numerous occasions in the 1960s and 1970s. He has represented the British Chess Federation in student olympiads and international competition.

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Keene vs R G Eales   1-0 43 1968 Cambs Univ league A80 Dutch 2. R G Eales vs Keene 0-1 30 1969 Cambridge Univ college match B07 Pirc 3. A H Williams vs R G Eales   ½-½ 15 1970 BCF-ch B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 4. Wade vs R G Eales   ½-½ 18 1970 BCF-ch C28 Vienna Game 5. R G Eales vs M Fuller   1-0 38 1970 BCF-ch A56 Benoni Defense 6. V W Knox vs R G Eales   ½-½ 20 1970 BCF-ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 7. R G Eales vs J Littlewood   1-0 47 1970 BCF-ch D80 Grunfeld 8. A Davie vs R G Eales   0-1 33 1970 BCF-ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 9. R G Eales vs P N Wallis   1-0 41 1970 BCF-ch E17 Queen's Indian 10. Keene vs R G Eales ½-½ 26 1970 BCF-ch A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 11. Keene vs R G Eales   1-0 28 1970 College match, Cambridge A16 English 12. R G Eales vs D B Pritchard   ½-½ 44 1970 BCF-ch A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 13. R G Eales vs G Botterill   ½-½ 62 1970 BCF-ch E00 Queen's Pawn Game 14. Hartston vs R G Eales   1-0 55 1970 BCF-ch A35 English, Symmetrical 15. R Bellin vs R G Eales   ½-½ 26 1971 Cambridge B B02 Alekhine's Defense 16. Keene vs R G Eales 1-0 27 1971 Ch England D80 Grunfeld 17. Cafferty vs R G Eales   ½-½ 35 1971 Cambridge B D80 Grunfeld 18. R G Eales vs A H Williams   ½-½ 22 1971 Cambridge B B89 Sicilian 19. Suba vs R G Eales   1-0 38 1972 Graz Stu tt A28 English 20. R G Eales vs Balashov   ½-½ 17 1972 Graz Stu tt B56 Sicilian 21. R G Eales vs Keene   ½-½ 6 1973 BCF-ch C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 1; 21 games

Mar-09-05    PaulKeres: Is this the Richard Eales that wrote the chess book about the History of Chess, and is a History lecturer at Kent University? Mar-09-05    PaulKeres: The book he wrote, I believe, is... <Chess: the history of a game, Hardinge Simpole, 2002 (replaces earlier edition, Batsford, 1985).> Mar-09-05    ray keene: yes-he has now retired-his other main book is the history of cambrdige chess Mar-09-05    PaulKeres: Thanks Ray for clearing that up. I'm actually a PhD student at the University of Kent at the moment, but in Maths and not history. So he has retired as a history lecturer? He actually goes to the same chess club as me, and I have had the honour to play (and get soundly beaten by) him a few times. However, he never comes to the chess club as such, but only to graded games. However I did notice, he has not been playing in even the graded games so much recently. Mar-29-09    ray keene: richard eales is in my opinion the worlds leading chess historian based both on his professional academic qualifications and the research for his history of chess which remains the gold standard for ches history- unrivalled as a global sweep through the intellectual and social history of the game-richard came 2nd= i believe in the 1970 british championship, he has a fide master master title, has represented england in international matches, can count alexander beiavsky as a victim and will i hope soon contribute further material to this site.

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