Colin Crouch

Colin Stamford Crouch (14 October 1956 – 16 April 2015) was an English chess player and author.

Crouch was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's and read Geography at Christ's College, Cambridge. He later finished a PhD at Durham University in 1989, the subject of which was the roots of unemployment in mining communities.

A highly talented junior player, he won the British Under-16 Championship in 1972 and the Under-18 Championship in 1974. Close to Grandmaster strength, his 'finest hour' as a chess player was his score of 7/9 in the Hastings Challengers of 1991-92, which included a 'highly original win' over Valeriy Neverov. He won silver medals in both the 2008 and 2012 editions of the Chess Olympiad for the Blind.