About Alan Phillips
Lived 1923 – 2009 (aged 85). Alan Phillips was a British chess player.
Alan Phillips (28 October 192324 June 2009) was a chess master who won the British Chess Championship in 1954, along with Leonard Barden. He was one of the stars in the Stockport Grammar School chess club started by Richard K. Guy in 1939. After World War II, he studied at University of Cambridge, where he tied with Peter Swinnerton-Dyer for the university chess championship. He is the author of a number of articles and books on chess, including
Chess: Sixty years on with Caissa & Friends, Caissa Editions, 2003
The Chess Teacher, Oxford University Press, 1978
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Who was Alan Phillips?
British chess player (1923–2009)
When was Alan Phillips born?
Alan Phillips was born on 28 October 1923.
When did Alan Phillips die?
Alan Phillips died on 24 June 2009.
What was Alan Phillips's occupation?
Alan Phillips was a chess player.
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Alan Phillips was British.
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