Terry Kelly (chess player)
Terry Kelly | |
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Country | Ireland Canada |
Born | 1931 |
Died | Toronto, Canada | 19 June 2010
Terence Christopher Kelly (April 1931 – 19 June 2010), was an Irish and Canadian chess player, Irish Chess Championship winner (1954).
Biography[]
In the first half of the 1950s Terry Kelly was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He three times participated in Irish Chess Championships: 1953, 1954, 1955, and won this tournament in 1954.[1] In 1955, Terry Kelly with chess club Eoghan Ruadh won Irish National Chess Club Championship.[2]
Terry Kelly played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad:[3]
- In 1954, at second board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+0, =3, -14).
In the mid-1950s Terry Kelly moved to Canada, after which he did not participate in high-level chess tournaments.
References[]
External links[]
- Terry Kelly player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Terry Kelly chess games at 365chess.com
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2010 deaths
- Irish chess players
- Canadian chess players
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- 20th-century chess players
- Irish people stubs