Baruch Harold Wood
English chess player and writer (1909–1989)
Baruch Harold Wood (13 July 1909 – 4 April 1989) was an English chess player, editor and author. He was born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, England.
Playing career
Between 1938 and 1957, Wood won the championship of Warwickshire eight times. In 1939 he represented England at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. Wood won the tournaments at Baarn (1947), Paignton (1954), Whitby (1963), Tórshavn (1967) and Jersey (1975). He took part in the Gijon International Chess Tournaments of 1947 (finishing fifth), 1948 (second) and 1950 (eighth). Wood tied for fourth–sixth, scoring five points out of nine games, at the 1948–49 Hastings Christmas Chess Congress, 1.5 points behind winner Nicolas Rossolimo. In 1948, he tied for second place at the British Chess Championship held in London. He won the British correspondence chess championship in 1944–45.
Writings
In 1935, Wood founded the magazine CHESS, which became one of the two leading chess magazines in Great Britain.
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