Terry Kelly (chess player)

Terence Christopher Kelly (April 1931 – 19 June 2010), was an Irish and Canadian chess player, Irish Chess Championship winner (1954).

Terry Kelly
CountryIreland
Canada
Born1931
Died(2010-06-19)19 June 2010
Toronto, Canada

Biography edit

In the first half of the 1950s Terry Kelly was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He three times participated in Irish Chess Championships: 1953, 1954, 1955, and won this tournament in 1954.[1] In 1955, Terry Kelly with chess club Eoghan Ruadh won Irish National Chess Club Championship.[2]

Terry Kelly played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad:[3]

In the mid-1950s Terry Kelly moved to Canada, after which he did not participate in high-level chess tournaments.

References edit

  1. ^ "Irish championship players (by number of championships) | IRLchess".
  2. ^ "Players | IRLchess".
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Terry Kelly". www.olimpbase.org.

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