The chess games of Hilary C Thomas

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Hilary C Thomas

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Years covered: 1976

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HILARY C THOMAS
United Kingdom
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Last updated: 2025-06-11 16:50:45

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Chandler vs H C Thomas		1-0	15	1976	Charlton Club ch	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening

Jun-11-25		Stonehenge: <Richard Pentreath, 63, also known as Hilary Clifford Thomas, is wanted on suspicion of causing arson with intent to endanger life on Thursday. On Monday, he was found guilty of historical rape offences in his absence after failing to attend Woolwich Crown Court in London, police have said.> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-3... <A former professional chess player has been jailed for attempting to start a fire at the house of a woman who gave evidence against him in a rape trial. Richard Pentreath, 64, of Cheltenham, tried to start a blaze at the house in Prestatyn - but got the wrong address. He was convicted of arson with intent to endanger life and attempting to take revenge, as well as rape and indecent assault following a separate trial. He was jailed for 35 years at Manchester Crown Court. Anna Price, prosecuting, said Pentreath could only have intended the victim harm when he poured an accelerant through the letter box of a house in October 2016. Pentreath admitted what he had done but said he did not intend to harm her or kill the woman, claiming he wanted to scare her "into telling the truth". But the prosecution claimed he had tried to track her down for many years, even travelling abroad to look for her, and had threatened to kill her. Duncan Bould, defending, said Pentreath denied those claims and Mr Bould argued the jury could not be sure he intended to hurt her. When he realised he got the wrong address, Pentreath said: "It was the wrong lady - don't rely on Google map".> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-n... He wrote the "Complete Games of Mikhail Tal".

Jun-11-25		stone free or die: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Gam... Three volumes ('36-'59/'60-'66/'67-'73).

Jun-11-25		perfidious: <Stonehenge....(Thomas) wrote the "Complete Games of Mikhail Tal".> Had that set since the 1990s.

Jun-12-25		stone free or die: Nigel Short has some post-conviction comments from a forward of his first book(!), <Winning (2021)>: <Since this incident(), I had always harboured suspicions about Hilary Thomas being a somewhat unscrupulous character. This hunch was confirmed in 2017, when Thomas, who by this time had changed his name to Richard Pentreath, was jailed for 35 years for attempting to burn down the house of a woman in revenge for having testified against him in a rape trial. In fact, he had the wrong address, having apparently been led astray – as many of us have, in hopefully different circumstances – by Google Maps. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The innocent victims of this dastardly deed – a single mother and her child who were alone in the house – became aware of the blaze and escaped unscathed. > https://www.newinchess.com/media/wy... () The incident concerns the publication of his earlier <French Defense> book, where HCT was involved. Besides its intrinsic interest, the passage above suggests that the <HCT> name pre-dated the <Richard Pentreath> name. Not sure when the name change was actually made though.

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