Ewen Green (chess player)

Ewen McGowen Green (born 4 April 1950) is a freelance chess teacher in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ewen Green
Full nameEwen McGowen Green
Country New Zealand
Born (1950-04-04) 4 April 1950
TitleFIDE Master (1992)
FIDE rating2216 (July 2021)
Peak rating2335 (January 1981)

Green attained FIDE Master status in 1992.[1] In 1979–80 he won the New Zealand Chess Championship along with Vernon A. Small and Ortvin Sarapu[1] and has also been an Olympiad player (1970, 1974, 1976).[2]

In 2013, he was equal second in New Zealand Chess Championship.[3]

He is regarded as one of New Zealand's best chess coaches; he coached Cliff Curtis and other cast members of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse.[4]

Green holds the Oceania record for simultaneous games of blindfold chess of 17 boards (13 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) in an arbitered demonstration.[5]

Notable game
Stalflinga-Green, Esbjerg 1974
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Murray Chandler describes this as "one of the most brilliant combinations ever played by a New Zealander".[6]1...Rxe7! 2.Qxe7 Qxf3!! 3.gxf3 Rg8+ 4.Kf1 Ba6+ 5.Re2 Nd2+ 6.Ke1 Nxf3+ 7.Kd1 Rg1+ 0-1

References
  1. "The chess game of Ewen McGowen Green". Chessgames.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. "Green, Ewan". OlimpBase. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. "New Zealand Chess - Results 2013". New Zealand Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. Kay, Jeremy (8 January 2015). "James Napier Robertson, The Dark Horse". Screen Daily. Screen International. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. "FIDE distributes an additional €37,500 among chess seniors". International Chess Federation. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. "Miles better" (PDF). New Zealand Chess Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.


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