Canadian Chess Biographies
Researched, compiled, written and copyright 2000-10 by David Cohen. Last updated: 2010.06.30.
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Index - R
- Raletich, George
- Ramsey, Robert
- Rauch, Joseph
- Ridout, Howard
- Ristovic, Nenad
- Robertson, Henry
- Rodgers, R.F. (Ron)
- Rohland, Michael
- Rombach, Harry
- Roos, Céline
- Rose, Herbert
- Rosner, Cecil
- Ross, David
- Ross, Paul
- Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas
- Rover, William
- Roy, Henry
- Roy, Myriam
- Ruben, Gary
- Rubinoff, Abraham
- Russell, Adrian
- Ryall, Isaac
- Played Canadian Championship 1955
(1844-1922)
- Played Canadian Championship 1937 (3rd), 1938, 1940 (2nd), 1945, 1946
(4th), 1947 (2nd, undefeated), 1949, 1959
- 1st place American Chess Federation Championship (later the U.S. Open Championship), "A" Tournament (11.5/12) 1938
(1914-2003)
Photo: 1951 Canadian Championship, Vancouver.
- Played Canadian Championship (1946, 1951, 1957)
- 5th place 1945 Canadian Correspondence Championship
- Defeated World Championship Challenger Frank Marshall in simultaneous exhibition by Marshall in Toronto 1933.11.18
Source (photo): family of Frank Anderson.
- Won first Canadian Correspondence Tournament 1873-4
(?-2001)
- Top Ottawa player; many times Ottawa (1964 etc.) and R.A. Chess Club (1954 etc.) Champion
- Canadian Junior Champion 1978
- Played Canadian Championship 1920 (4th), 1922, 1924 (4th)
- Born France
- Woman International Master 1985
- Represented Canada at Women's Olympiads (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
- Gold medal, Board 2, Olympiad 1984
- Translated Nimzovitsch's Praxis of My System from German into French
Here is Céline Roos' choice for a memorable game, played in her best
event of the 1990s:
Josef Horvath - Céline Roos
Open, Bischwiller, France, 1997
(1883-1961)
- Born Canada; graduated McGill University, Montreal 1904; Rhodes Scholar 1904
- First-class honour in Greek and Latin,
the first university honour conferred on any Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University 1905
- Oxford University Champion 1905
- Represented Oxford vs. Cambridge, university team matches 1905-8 (+2 =2; draw on Board 1 in 1907)
- Represented England vs. USA, universities team cable match 1907 (draw on Board 1 vs. Capablanca)
- Professor (1927-53), Chair of Greek at University of St. Andrews, Scotland
- Wrote A Handbook of Greek Mythology 1928
Here is Rose's draw with future World Champion Capablanca:
Jose R. Capablanca - Herbert J. Rose
Columbia University (USA) - Oxford University (England), Anglo-American Universities Cable Match, 1907.03.23, Board 1
Contributors: Domenico Accorinti, Alan McGowan.
Sources: Toronto Globe and Mail, 1905.05.11;
A Century of British Chess by Philip W. Sergeant, London,
Hutchinson & Co., 1934, p.352-3; Cabbage Heads and Chess Kings by Bruce Hayden, London, Arco, 1960, p.7 (foreward by Harry
Golombek), p.155-8; British Chess Magazine, 1961, p.254; The Unknown Capablanca by David Hooper and Dale Brandreth,
Batsford, 1975, p.101, Game 104, referencing American Chess Bulletin, 1907, p.95;
Edward Winter's chess history web site, quoting 'What Happened to Rose?' by Bruce Hayden, Chess Review,
1955.01, p.27, and the reply by Leonard Barden, Chess Review, 1955.05, p.129.
Photo: 1971 Canadian Junior Championship, Toronto, 1970.12. Chess Canada 1971.01.
- Chess columnist Winnipeg Tribune 1973-5; Winnipeg Free Press 1981-
- Journalist
- Author Behind the Headlines: A History of Investigative Journalism in Canada 2008
- Managing editor, Television and radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Manitoba
- Teaches investigative journalism, University of Winnipeg
- Recipient of two Michener and two Gemini Awards
(2003 Best News Information Series, CBC News: Disclosure;
2004 Best Reality Based Entertainment Program or Series, CBC News: Disclosure - The Making of a Political Animal)
- International Master 1999
- Canadian Open Champion 1984
- Canadian Open Blitz Champion 1997
- FIDE Master 1990
- Canadian Cadet Champion 1980
Photo: copyright 2008 Thomas Roussel-Roozmon.
- 2010 Selected Canada's Olympiad National Team
- 2008 Represented Canada at Olympiad
- 2008 1st place, First Saturday Grand Master March, Budapest, Hungary
- 2007 Grandmaster Norm at Quebec Open
- 2007 2nd place, Quebec Open Championship
- 2006 Represented Canada at Olympiad
- 2004 Awarded International Master title
- 2003 Canadian Grade 10 Champion
- 2002 Canadian Grade 9 Champion
- 2000 Represented Canada at World Under-12 Championship (9th place)
- 2000 Canadian Under-12 Champion
- 2000 Canadian Grade 7 Champion
Contributor (photo, biography): Thomas Roussel-Roozmon.
- President, Canadian Correspondence Chess Association (1939-59)
(1875-1953)
Photo: Year Book 1946-47: Chess Federation of Canada.
- Canon
- Organizer Canadian Championship 1941
- 2007 Competed in MonRoi International Women’s Grand Prix Finale
- 2007 Canadian Girls Under-12 Champion
- 2006 Canadian Girls Under-12 Champion
- 2005 Canadian Girls Under-10 Champion
- Correspondence Senior International Master 2005
- Canadian Correspondence Chess Player of the Year 2004
- Canadian Correspondence Chess Olympiad Team (2002, 2004, 2006)
- Canadian Pan American Team Tournament, Board 1 2003
- Correspondence International Arbiter 2001
- International Correspondence Chess Federation Tournament Director;
directed ICCF World Tournament Higher Class events 1996-2004
- Canadian Correspondence Chess Association
Executive: Vice-President, Membership Secretary, Tournament Director,
CHECK! Editor (mid-1970s - mid-1980s)
- President, Scarborough Chess Club 1972-4
- Secretary, Ontario Chess Association; Governor, Chess Federation of
Canada (mid-1960s - mid-1970s)
Contributor: Gary Ruben (biography)
Source: Chess Personalia by Jeremy Gaige.
Photo: 1951 Canadian Championship, Vancouver.
- Tournament Director, Canadian Championship (1951, 1957)
- Long-time active administrator in Vancouver Chess Club, British Columbia Chess Federation,
Chess Federation of Canada, Chess Foundation of Canada
- Drafted CFC Handbook, Constitution & By-Laws 1962
- Chess Federation of Canada member number 1
Source (photo): family of Frank Anderson.
(1830-1901)
- Problem composer
- First Secretary of Canadian Chess Association 1872
- Organized Hamilton Chess Club Correspondence Tournament 1880-2