John Dunlop (chess player)
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John Boyd Dunlop was a chess player
from New Zealand
. He won the New Zealand Chess Championship
in 1920-21 (after a play-off), 1921-22, 1922-23 (after a play-off), 1933-34 (after a play-off), 1938-39 and 1939-40.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He won the New Zealand Chess Championship
New Zealand Chess Championship
The New Zealand Chess Championship was first conducted in 1879.Note: Up until 1934 foreign players were eligible for the title. The eligibility rules were changed in 1935 to preclude this; John Angus Erskine was born in Invercargill and was therefore eligible although he was domiciled in...
in 1920-21 (after a play-off), 1921-22, 1922-23 (after a play-off), 1933-34 (after a play-off), 1938-39 and 1939-40.
Sources
- John Boyd Dunlop on ChessGames.comChessgames.comChessGames.com is a large chess community on the Internet, with over 156,000 members. The site maintains a large database of historical chess games where every game has a distinct message board for comments and analysis. Basic membership is free and the site is open to players at all levels of...
- See additional sources at New Zealand Chess Championship#References