Abstract is: Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read modern history. He learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid. Within a few years he became one of the country's leading juniors. He represented England in four Chess Olympiads. Barden played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s. He is a chess columnist for various newspapers. His column in London's Evening Standard is the world's longest-running daily chess column by the same author.
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P3314 | 365Chess.com player ID | Leonhard_William_Barden |
P5361 | BNB person ID | BardenLeonard |
P1665 | Chessgames.com player ID | 13738 |
P3315 | ChessTempo.com player ID | 237115 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/049r9b |
P213 | ISNI | 0000000081580983 |
P244 | Library of Congress authority ID | n50021132 |
P6005 | Muck Rack journalist ID | leonard-barden |
P8189 | National Library of Israel J9U ID | 987007258387805171 |
P950 | National Library of Spain ID | XX846337 |
P1006 | Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID | 068562446 |
P691 | NL CR AUT ID | mzk2013793908 |
P3940 | OlimpBase Chess Olympiad player ID | wcwucs2o |
P648 | Open Library ID | OL1711290A |
P3987 | SHARE Catalogue author ID | 490935 |
P214 | VIAF ID | 77555830 |
P10832 | WorldCat Entities ID | E39PBJrWD3GFtqmR94VFX6Xw4q |
P1532 | country for sport | England | Q21 |
P27 | country of citizenship | United Kingdom | Q145 |
P69 | educated at | Balliol College | Q805285 |
P734 | family name | Barden | Q37575088 |
Barden | Q37575088 | ||
Barden | Q37575088 | ||
P735 | given name | Leonard | Q948418 |
Leonard | Q948418 | ||
P1412 | languages spoken, written or signed | English | Q1860 |
P106 | occupation | chess player | Q10873124 |
P1344 | participant in | 14th Chess Olympiad | Q700917 |
11th Chess Olympiad | Q956843 | ||
10th Chess Olympiad | Q1463291 | ||
15th Chess Olympiad | Q1494216 | ||
P21 | sex or gender | male | Q6581097 |
P641 | sport | chess | Q718 |
Egyptian Arabic (arz / Q29919) | ليونارد باردين | wikipedia |
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