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 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Henley is an , and went into business consulting where he joined the Board of Directors of several private companies including .[citation needed] Henley is currently a member of the financial trading industry.[5]

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.[6] He earned the GM title while finishing equal first with Walter Browne in a 26-player round-robin tournament in Surakarta/Denpasar, Indonesia,[7] defeating Grandmaster Tony Miles in the last round.[8]

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.[9]

Champion chess trainer[]

Henley has been a second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in several matches in the 1990s.[10][11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

Chess DVDs[]

Henley narrated the double-volume chess video, "American Chess Princesses".[14] 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.[15] 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 Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Mass Mutual Financial Group Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 2013 RWH Advisors Company Info
  5. ^ Mass Mutual Financial Group Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Ron Henley rating card at FIDE
  7. ^ Surakarta/Denpasar, 1982
  8. ^ 365Chess.com Tournament Results
  9. ^ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
  10. ^ Elista Diaries, by Anatoly Karpov & Ron Henley
  11. ^ www.anusha.com Book Review
  12. ^ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
  13. ^ Ron Henley Joins ChessLessons.net
  14. ^ American Chess Princesses! on DVD Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Win Like Kasparov Biography Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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