Ron Henley (chess player)
Ron W. Henley | |
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Born | Ronald Watson Henley December 5, 1956 Houston, Texas, United States |
Notable awards | Grandmaster |
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[]
- ^ Ron Henley player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- ^ American Chess Princesses! on DVD Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mass Mutual Financial Group Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2013 RWH Advisors Company Info
- ^ Mass Mutual Financial Group Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ron Henley rating card at FIDE
- ^ Surakarta/Denpasar, 1982
- ^ 365Chess.com Tournament Results
- ^ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
- ^ Elista Diaries, by Anatoly Karpov & Ron Henley
- ^ www.anusha.com Book Review
- ^ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
- ^ Ron Henley Joins ChessLessons.net
- ^ American Chess Princesses! on DVD Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Win Like Kasparov Biography Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American chess players
- American chess writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- Chess arbiters
- Chess grandmasters
- People from Houston
- Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) alumni