Ron Henley
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Ron Henley (b. December 5, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is a grandmaster of chess. Ronald Watson Henley was awarded the IM title in 1980 and the GM title in 1982. He won the grandmaster title by winning a 24-player round-robin grandmaster super-tournament in Surakarta, Denpasar, Indonesia, famously defeating Grandmaster Tony Miles in the last round.
Henley is now best known for his business associations. He is right-hand-man, second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov. This is especially surprising since Henley is not known to be able to speak any Russian.
Henley has also served as a chess trainer and promoter of young, women chess stars such as Irina Krush. Henley narrated the double-volume chess video, "American Chess Princesses," in which Irina Krush, Elina Groberman, Laura Ross & Shirley Ben-Dak present some of their best games from the 1997 FIDE World Youth Championships held in Cannes, France.
During the 2005 Accoona Women's Chess Championship, despite his business relationships with Krush, Henley reportedly served as an arbiter during the championship match between Krush and Zhu Chen at the ABC Times Square Studios. Chen won the match. See, http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=2232.
[edit] Books
- Archangel!: A Defense Against the Ray 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
[edit] External links
- Ron Henley at ChessGames.com
- FIDE rating card for Ron Henley
- The Chess Games of Ron W. Henley
- US Tournament record for Ron Henley
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