Ewen Green
Full nameEwen McGowen Green
Country New Zealand
Born (1950-04-04) 4 April 1950
TitleFIDE Master (1992)
Peak rating2335 (January 1981)

Ewen McGowen Green (born 4 April 1950) is a freelance chess teacher in Auckland, New Zealand.

Green attained FIDE Master status in 1992.[1] In 1979–80 he won the New Zealand Chess Championship along with Vernon A. Small and Ortvin Sarapu[1] and has also been an Olympiad player (1970, 1974, 1976).[2]

In 2013, he was equal second in New Zealand Chess Championship.[3]

He is regarded as one of New Zealand's best chess coaches; he coached Cliff Curtis and other cast members of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse.[4]

Green holds the Oceania record for simultaneous games of blindfold chess of 17 boards (13 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) in an arbitered demonstration.[5]

Notable game

Stalflinga-Green, Esbjerg 1974
abcdefgh
8
b8 black king
e8 black rook
h8 black rook
b7 black bishop
c7 black pawn
d7 white queen
e7 white knight
h7 black pawn
b6 black pawn
a5 white pawn
e5 black pawn
h5 black queen
e4 black knight
f4 black pawn
c3 white pawn
f3 white knight
c2 white pawn
f2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
h2 white pawn
a1 white rook
e1 white rook
g1 white king
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
abcdefgh
Black to play.

Murray Chandler describes this as "one of the most brilliant combinations ever played by a New Zealander".[6]1...Rxe7! 2.Qxe7 Qxf3!! 3.gxf3 Rg8+ 4.Kf1 Ba6+ 5.Re2 Nd2+ 6.Ke1 Nxf3+ 7.Kd1 Rg1+ 0-1

References

  1. 1 2 "The chess game of Ewen McGowen Green". Chessgames.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Green, Ewan". OlimpBase. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Chess - Results 2013". New Zealand Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (8 January 2015). "James Napier Robertson, The Dark Horse". Screen Daily. Screen International. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "FIDE distributes an additional €37,500 among chess seniors". International Chess Federation. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Miles better" (PDF). New Zealand Chess Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.


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