Jonathan Tisdall
He was born in Buffalo, New York to a Japanese mother and an Irish father. He was Norwegian Chess Champion in 1987, 1991 and 1995. Combining chess with his job as a journalist, he often attends major chess events as a reporter for Reuters.
Also recorded as Tisdall, Jonathan D
Jonathan Tisdall
- Name
- Jonathan Tisdall
- Birth Name
- Jonathan D.
- Born
- August 26, 1958
- Birthplace
- Buffalo, New York, United States
- Nationality
- Norway · United States
- Occupation
- journalist · chess player · writer
- Languages
- Norwegian
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He was born in Buffalo, New York to a Japanese mother and an Irish father. He was Norwegian Chess Champion in 1987, 1991 and 1995. Combining chess with his job as a journalist, he often attends major chess events as a reporter for Reuters.
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He is one of two people on the staff of the English-language section of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenpostens internet edition. He has also written articles in magazines such as The Spectator, The Economist and Scanorama. In recent years, he has been studying the Japanese chess variant of shogi.
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• Name — Jonathan Tisdall • Birth Name — Jonathan D. Tisdall • Country — Ireland (until 1987) Norway (since 1987) • Born — August 26, 1958 • Birthplace — Buffalo, New York, United States • Title — Grandmaster (1993) • Fide Id — 1500066 • Peak Rating — 2515 (July 1996)
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Jonathan Tisdall born at Buffalo.
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• Tisdall, Jonathan (1997). Improve Your Chess Now. Everyman Chess. 224 pp.. * • Tisdall, Jonathan (1997). "Magnus Carlsen: A Life in Pictures." New in Chess. 160 pp..
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