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Age: 12 Name: Simon Webb IQ: 132 Nationality: English

Appearance

Simon Webb is a pre-teen, currently attending King Edwards VI camphill. To get into this school you have to be in 0.2% of the english population, making him very clever. He has blond hair, that varies from style to style, at one point it being almost shoulder length, but currently it is just past his ears. He has piercing blue eyes that many girls have described as "attractive."

Preferences

He likes hoodies and cool t-shirts. His favourite colour is gold.

Personal Life

He has had no known girlfriends but many girls have described him as, "sexy" and he is bound to get one soon.

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+Age: 12  Name: Simon Webb IQ: 132 Nationality: English
-'''Simon Webb''' ([[June 10]], [[1949]] - [[March 14]], [[2005]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[chess]] player, an [[International Master]], and a chess writer.
-Born in [[London]], he was joint British under-18 champion in 1966, and fourth in the European Junior Championship in 1969. Webb was briefly a professional player, in the late 1970s, and participated in a number of strong tournaments, and met some strong players, including a 17-year-old [[Garry Kasparov]] at the 1980 [[European Team Chess Championship|European Team Championship]] (Webb lost). At one event he was assigned a lady translator. Webb married her and brought her to England. He was joint second in the 1975 [[British Chess Championship|British Championship]] behind [[William Hartston]]. Perhaps his best tournament result was joint first with [[Liuben Spassov]] at Hamburg 1977, ahead of [[Istvan Csom]] and [[Milan Matulovic]]. He was famous for his ability to save or even win from hopelessly lost positions, which earned him the nickname "[[Houdini]]". He became an [[International Master]] in 1977. His final [[FIDE]] [[Elo rating]] was 2420.
+'''Appearance'''
-Webb took up [[correspondence chess]] in the early 1980s, and all but gave up over-the-board play for a long time. He gained the [[International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster]] title in 1983 and scored a number of impressive results. In the 14th World Correspondence Chess Championship, won by [[Tonu Oim]], Webb finished fifth of the 15 participants with 8.5/14. His final [[International Correspondence Chess Federation]] Elo rating was 2609.
+Simon Webb is a pre-teen, currently attending King Edwards VI camphill. To get into this school you have to be in  0.2% of the english population, making him very clever. He has blond hair, that varies from style to style, at one point it being almost shoulder length, but currently it is just past his ears. He has piercing blue eyes that many girls have described as "attractive."
-Webb was perhaps best-known for his humorous book on practical tournament play, ''Chess for Tigers'' (Oxford University Press, 1978). As well as his chess achievements, he also represented England at [[contract bridge|bridge]], partnered by his brother Roger.
+'''Preferences'''
-In later years, Webb lived in [[Sweden]]. Since the late 90s he played in the Swedish team championship.
+He likes hoodies and cool t-shirts. His favourite colour is gold.
-On [[14 March]] [[2005]], he was stabbed to death in the family kitchen by his 25-year old son, Dennis, after an argument. His son, who had spent time in jail for drugs-related offences, subsequently crashed his car at high speed into a bus shelter, in an apparent attempt to kill himself, but survived with just a broken nose.
+'''Personal Life'''
-==External links==
-*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=23327 Webb's games at chessgames.com]
-*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1443803,00.html#article_continue Report on Webb's death in the ''Guardian'']
-*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1536094,00.html Report on Webb's death in the ''Times'']
+He has had no known girlfriends but many girls have described him as, "sexy"  and he is bound to get one soon.
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