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Malcolm Pein
Full nameMalcolm Bernard Pein
CountryEngland
Born(1960-08-14)14 August 1960
Liverpool, England
TitleInternational Master (1986)

Malcolm B. Pein (born 14 August 1960 in Liverpool) is a British chess International Master, chess organizer, author, and journalist.

Chess biography

Pein earned the title of International Master (IM) in 1986.[1] According to IM Lawrence Trent's introduction at the start of the round one commentary at the 2013 Chess Candidates Tournament in London, Pein has not only been an influence in British chess for over thirty years, he has engaged in several chess organizing activities. He is CO of Chess in Schools and Communities which is a UK chess charity focusing on chess for youth, Director of the London Chess Classic tournament, and runs the London Chess Centre. Pein also writes a daily chess column in The Daily Telegraph newspaper and is the executive editor of CHESS magazine, a monthly publication with an international readership. He is also the representative to FIDE for the English Chess Federation and in October 2015 was elected as ECF's International Director.[2]

Books

In addition to his newspaper column and magazine editorial, Pein has written a number of chess books and booklets, including:

  • Grunfeld Defence (Batsford, 1981) – ISBN 978-0713435948
  • Blumenfeld Defence [with Jan Przewoznik] (Everyman, 1991) – ISBN 978-0080371337
  • Daily Telegraph Guide to Chess (Batsford, 1995) – ISBN 978-0713478143
  • The Exchange Grunfeld [with Adrian Mikhalchishin] (Everyman, 1996) – ISBN 978-1857440560

Example game

abcdefgh
8
d8 black rook
f8 black knight
g8 black rook
a7 black pawn
b7 black bishop
e7 black bishop
f7 black king
h7 black pawn
a6 black knight
c6 black pawn
e6 black pawn
f6 black pawn
g6 black pawn
h6 white pawn
a5 black queen
b5 black pawn
c4 black pawn
d4 white pawn
e4 white pawn
a3 white pawn
c3 white knight
f3 white knight
g3 white bishop
b2 white pawn
c2 white queen
e2 white bishop
f2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
d1 white rook
e1 white rook
g1 white king
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
abcdefgh
Position after 17...Rg8

Malcolm Pein vs. GM Vladimir Bagirov, Zehlendorf-HSK II 1995:[3]
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bf4 b5 7.e4 Bb7 8.Be2 Ne7 9.h4 Ng6 10.Bg3 Be7 11.h5 Nf8 12.Qc2 Na6 13.Rd1 Qa5 14.h6 g6 15.0-0 Rd8 16.Rfe1 Kf7 17.a3 Rg8 (see diagram) 18.d5 cxd5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Nd4 Qb6 21.Ndxb5 Rd7 22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 exd5 24.Bxc4 Qc5 25.Rxe7 Kxe7 26.Bd6 Qxd6 27.Nxd6 Nc7 28.Nb5 Nfe6 29.Nxc7 1–0

References

  1. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 322, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. ^ "The English Chess Federation". www.englishchess.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ^ M. Pein–V. Bagirov, 2.BLN 9495 Zehlendorf-HSK II 1995