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Andrew Rowland Thomas
A R Thomas 
A.R.B. against D. V. Hooper. Source: chessdevon.co.uk  

Number of games in database: 234
Years covered: 1920 to 1977
Overall record: +76 -91 =66 (46.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (29) 
    B22 B20 B29 B74 B58
 French Defense (12) 
    C12 C01 C18 C13 C02
 Ruy Lopez (8) 
    C64 C84 C63 C77 C81
 Queen's Pawn Game (8) 
    A45 D00 D01 A50 A46
 Caro-Kann (7) 
    B10 B18 B17 B13
 Orthodox Defense (5) 
    D52 D55 D50 D67
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (19) 
    C78 C84 C85 C86 C99
 Orthodox Defense (10) 
    D57 D52 D67 D68 D55
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    D02 D05 E10 D04
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (8) 
    C85 C84 C89 C91 C86
 Modern Benoni (6) 
    A57 A58
 Petrov (6) 
    C42
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A R Thomas vs M Basman, 1964 1-0
   A R Thomas vs T J Schelfhout, 1947 1-0
   A R Thomas vs G J Wood, 1946 1-0
   A R Thomas vs Unzicker, 1951 1/2-1/2
   A R Thomas vs J H Donner, 1952 1-0
   A R Thomas vs P N Wallis, 1959 1-0
   A R Thomas vs P J Waters, 1968 1-0
   S Fazekas vs A R Thomas, 1959 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   British Championship (1926)
   Hastings-B 1963/64 (1963)
   Hastings 1951/52 (1951)
   Hastings 1950/51 (1950)
   British Championship (1953)
   British Championship (1956)
   Bournemouth (1939)
   British Championship (1957)
   British Championship (1946)
   British Championship (1955)
   British Championship (1959)
   British Championship (1962)
   British Championship (1965)
   British Championship (1963)
   British Championship (1961)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 1950/51 by suenteus po 147


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ANDREW ROWLAND THOMAS
(born Oct-11-1904, died May-16-1985, 80 years old) United Kingdom

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Son of William Rowland Thomas. He was an amateur chess player from Devon, England. He taught mathematics at Blundell's School in Tiverton from 1927 until retiring in 1969, and continued to live in the town until his death.

https://mannchess.org.uk/People/Tho...

Last updated: 2022-11-21 06:06:52

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 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 236  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A D Barlow vs A R Thomas  0-1271920BCF-ch 13th Second ClassD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Blackburne vs A R Thomas ½-½201920Liverpool Chess clubC30 King's Gambit Declined
3. A R Thomas vs A Oppenheim  0-163192448th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
4. A R Thomas vs Rubinstein 0-1271924BCF Major OpenD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. H G Rhodes vs A R Thomas  1-0411924BCF Major OpenD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A R Thomas vs O Mueller  1-0401924BCF Major OpenD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. G W Moses vs A R Thomas  1-0211924BCF Major OpenD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. A R Thomas vs C Duffield  0-1281924BCF Major OpenE91 King's Indian
9. G Wheatcroft vs A R Thomas  1-046192549th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. G Wheatcroft vs A R Thomas  ½-½34192650th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity mE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
11. C Gurnhill vs A R Thomas  0-1481926British ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
12. A R Thomas vs H B Uber  1-0281926British ChampionshipA50 Queen's Pawn Game
13. M E Goldstein vs A R Thomas  ½-½531926British ChampionshipD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
14. A R Thomas vs J Blake  0-1441926British ChampionshipD00 Queen's Pawn Game
15. Yates vs A R Thomas  1-0211926British ChampionshipC48 Four Knights
16. A R Thomas vs R MacDonald  0-1591926British ChampionshipA53 Old Indian
17. A R Thomas vs G Wheatcroft  ½-½381926British ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
18. R Michell vs A R Thomas  0-1201926British ChampionshipD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
19. A R Thomas vs H Saunders  1-0581926British ChampionshipD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
20. F van Seters vs A R Thomas  1-0391935Margate Reserve BD05 Queen's Pawn Game
21. A R Thomas vs C Guimard 1-0221937Worcester CentenaryA47 Queen's Indian
22. A R Thomas vs Flohr  0-1231937Hastings 1937/38D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
23. A R Thomas vs Keres 0-1341937Hastings 1937/38E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
24. G Thomas vs A R Thomas 1-0191937Hastings 1937/38C42 Petrov Defense
25. V Mikenas vs A R Thomas 1-0421937Hastings 1937/38C07 French, Tarrasch
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Nov-08-04  iron maiden: From looking at his name on the main page, did anyone else think for a second that they were having two Players of the Day? Lol.
Nov-08-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I thought it was a list of people who had signed the Declaration od Independence.
Nov-08-04  aw1988: Oh, I can imagine him as a friend.

"May I introduce you to Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas?"

"My name isn't Benedick Thomas you idiot."

Nov-08-04  DanielBryant: <offramp>

That too.

Nov-08-04  who: <weary willy> can you submit some of those games (Najdorf, Penrose, Unzicker) please.
Nov-08-04  Benzol: In a letter to Chess regarding this game
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1961
A. R. B. Thomas wrote "Why didn't White play 28.N-Q2. . . ? So far as I can see Black can then resign. Or am I missing something?".

Fischer's comment in his notes in MSMG was "Right, Mr Thomas!".

See MSMG Game 26 page 166.

Nov-09-04  weary willy: Ending vs Najdorf is covered here: http://members.aol.com/brigosling/p...

I'm interested in the discussion about Thomas's first names ... he was just known as ARB or Andrew Thomas ... is it very unusual for an American to have three "first" names?!

May-10-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: <weary willy: I'm interested in the discussion about Thomas's first names ... he was just known as ARB or Andrew Thomas ... is it very unusual for an American to have three "first" names?!> A R B Thomas was British, not American - if you look at his games you'll see that most of them were played in England. He should have taken up cricket as the 3 initials are a sure sign of success.
Aug-18-05  superbuk: For those who are really interested (?), he had three first names because his mother decided to throw the Benedick into the mix at the last minute on the way to his christening because she didn't want her son to have the initials ART. Don't ask me why. (And to the earlier entry, he was a Liverpudlian, not an American, although his wife is American).
Sep-01-05  weary willy: <A R B Thomas was British, not American> Yes, I know - see initial entry. I was responding to the comments from Americans, such as Iron Maiden, who seemed to find the concept of 3 forenames a bit difficult to grasp
Dec-11-07  Cibator: <Benzol:> Yes, but right WHAT? That Nd2 would have virtually forced Black's resignation, or that Mr Thomas had indeed overlooked something? The former looks far likelier, but it would be nice to have the ambiguity fully cleared up.
Dec-11-07  Benzol: <Cibator> I'm not sure even now whether Fischer was bluffing or not. See my post of November 8th 2004 on this game Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1961
Dec-11-07  Cibator: Thanks, Benzol. Fischer seems to have confused many people with that gnomic comment of his (wonder why it wasn't picked up by his editor?), but consensus does appear to be that Nd2 wins outright.
Apr-14-08  Tomlinsky: "Chess Techniques" by A.R.B Thomas was the book that truly set me on the road to ruin with this beautiful game many moons ago. A very comfortable entry point before hitting "Modern Chess Strategy" by Pachman alongside Nimzo's 'System' (which is worth digging into even if only to find out where you disagree imo) and haven't managed to quit smoking to this day.
May-15-08  whiteshark: An extensive life story you can find here: : http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pi...
Jan-09-10  Cibator: <weary willy>:
Having three forenames is not unknown in the USA. Two that spring to mind are ex-President George Herbert Walker Bush, and Watergate conspirator George Gordon Battle Liddy.
May-01-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Thomas competed in 21 British championship tournaments, from his debut at Edinburgh in 1926 up to his final tournament, as Brighton in 1972.
May-10-20  Granny O Doul: Sometimes Catholics will use their confirmation name as a third forename (for instance, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone), but I don't think the late Mr. Bush was Catholic. Also, the only 'Saint Walker' I can find record of is "an alien member of the galactic Blue Lantern Corps, an organization dedicated to spreading peace and harmony through the power of hope throughout the universe". I do hope the church considers him in the future.
Jun-02-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: ***

Latest CHESS (June 2020) has part one of 5 page article containing all you need to know and all you are going to know (in part II) about this happy chappie.

superbuk wants to know why 'Benedick' was chosen.

Correct about the parents not wanting A.R.T. so his father, who was a Shakespeare fan chose 'Benedick' from his favourite character in 'Much Ado About Nothing.'

(what about Salarino from 'The Merchant of Venice.'...A.R.S...er...perhaps not.)

Hi Tomlinsky,

:) good post.

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Mar-26-22  Cibator: <Sally Simpson: Correct about the parents not wanting A.R.T. so his father, who was a Shakespeare fan chose 'Benedick' from his favourite character in 'Much Ado About Nothing.'

(what about Salarino from 'The Merchant of Venice.'...A.R.S...er...perhaps not.)>

Or the title character from the same play, then you'd have ARAT .... uh-oh, drop that idea too.

Jun-02-22  jerseybob: <Cibator: <Benzol:> Yes, but right WHAT? That Nd2 would have virtually forced Black's resignation, or that Mr Thomas had indeed overlooked something? The former looks far likelier, but it would be nice to have the ambiguity fully cleared up> What ambiguity? I understood it right away. Fischer may have been paranoid and sometimes ill-mannered, but he was fiercely bright and had a sly sense of humor. Unfortunately his final tragic years are what sticks most in the mind.
Jun-03-22  jerseybob: Sorry for the snarky tone of that last post..I get that way sometimes!
Jun-03-22  Z free or die: Thank goodness for wayback...

https://web.archive.org/web/2008072...

Jun-03-22  jerseybob: <Z free or die: Thank goodness for wayback... https://web.archive.org/web/2008072... Great shots. Never pictured A.R.B. as ever being young, and a little bit of "Chariots of Fire" thrown in.
Jun-03-22  0ZeR0: <Z free or die: Thank goodness for wayback... https://web.archive.org/web/2008072...

Amazing photographs and valuable information from a time long past. Well worth a look or three; thanks for sharing.

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