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Ron Henley (chess player)

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Ron W. Henley
BornRonald Watson Henley
(1956-12-05)December 5, 1956
Houston, Texas, United States
Notable awardsGrandmaster


Ronald Watson "Ron" Henley (born December 5, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American chess grandmaster,[1] writer, narrator and producer of chess videos,[2] as well as financial funding trader.[3]

Financial and Professional Career

As President of RWH Advisors, Henley acts as Special Consultant to Ultra High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices.[4]

From 1985 through 2001, Henley was an American Stock Exchange Member, as a trader, market maker and specialist.[5] Henley traded extensively in Phillip Morris, Wells Fargo and Teva Pharmaceutical.

From 2001 to 2005, Henley was a founding partner and Head Trader of a statistical arbitrage family of hedge funds, with clients such as Bank of America, Gottex Fund of Funds and Aegon USA Insurance Company.[6]

Henley is an International Registered Financial Consultant, and went into business consulting where he joined the Board of Directors of several private companies including Quantum Genomics.[7] Henley is currently a member of the financial trading industry.[8]

Ron W. Henley has made presentations at several conferences in the financial industry, including

  • LightHouse Hedge Fund Conference 2003
  • GAIM 2010
  • Raleigh NC 2010

Playing career

Grandmaster title

Henley was awarded the International Master title in 1980, and the Grandmaster title in 1982. Henley appeared on the cover of Chess Life in 1982, representing the United States.[9] He earned the GM title while finishing equal first with Walter Browne in a 26-player round-robin tournament in Surakarta/Denpasar, Indonesia,[10] defeating Grandmaster Tony Miles in the last round.[11]

Henley was appointed by Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov as President of the World Chess Champions Council Inc, a New York nonprofit organization that promotes chess in schools.[12]

Champion Chess Trainer

Henley has been a second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in several matches in the 1990s.[13][14]

Henley has served as a chess trainer and promoter of leading young women chess players, including Three Time US Women's Chess Champion Irina Krush.[15]

Chess Publishing

Online Chess Videos

In 2012, Henley was invited to join National Master William Stewart for the educational website called 'OnlineChessLessons'. Henley provides skills as a chess analyst to an international audience.[16]

Chess DVDs

Henley narrated the double-volume chess video, "American Chess Princesses".[17] In this video, Irina Krush, Elina Groberman, Laura Ross and Shirley Ben-Dak present some of their best games from the 1997 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships held in Cannes, France.[18] In the late 1990s, Henley founded the site www.ChessSuperstore.com, which sponsored Irina Krush and Hikaru Nakamura.

Chess Books

  • Elista Diaries: Karpov-Kamsky, Karpov-Anand, Anand Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches (with Anatoly Karpov) ISBN 0-923891-97-8
  • Archangel!: A Defense Against the Ruy Lopez ISBN 1-883358-01-9
  • The King's Indian Attack! ISBN 1-883358-02-7
  • The Spanish Exchange! ISBN 1-883358-08-6
  • The Dragon!: Powerplay ISBN 1-883358-06-X
  • The ChessBase University BlueBook Guide to Winning with The King's Indian Attack! ISBN 1-883358-00-0
  • Crushing White: The Dzindzi Indian! Volume 1: ISBN 978-1-935979-01-2

References

  1. ^ Ron Henley player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  2. ^ American Chess Princesses! on DVD
  3. ^ Mass Mutual Financial Group
  4. ^ 2013 RWH Advisors Company Info
  5. ^ Quantum Genomics - Ron W Henley Bio
  6. ^ Zoominfo Investor Profile: Ron W Henley
  7. ^ Quantum Genomics - Ron W Henley Bio
  8. ^ Mass Mutual Financial Group
  9. ^ Ron Henley rating card at FIDE
  10. ^ Surakarta/Denpasar, 1982
  11. ^ 365Chess.com Tournament Results
  12. ^ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
  13. ^ Elista Diaries, by Anatoly Karpov & Ron Henley
  14. ^ www.anusha.com Book Review
  15. ^ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
  16. ^ Ron Henley Joins ChessLessons.net
  17. ^ American Chess Princesses! on DVD
  18. ^ Win Like Kasparov Biography
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