- Jonathan Tisdall
Jonathan D. Tisdall (b.
August 26 ,1958 in Buffalo,New York ) is a grandmaster ofchess (title awarded 1995) and works as afreelance journalist . An American citizen by origin, he became Irish and later Norwegian. His father is Irish and his mother is Japanese.He was
Norwegian Chess Champion in 1987, 1991, and 1995. Combining chess with his job as a journalist, he often attends major chess events as a reporter forReuters .He is one of two people on the staff of the English-language section of the Norwegian newspaper "
Aftenposten "'s internet edition. He has also written articles in magazines such as "The Spectator ", "The Economist ", and "Scanorama ".In recent years, he has been studying the Japanese
chess variant ofshogi .Books
* Tisdall, Jonathan (1997). "Improve Your Chess Now".
Everyman Chess . 224 pp. ISBN 1-85744-156-7.
* Seirawan, Yasser; Tisdall, Jonathan (2004). "Cinco Coroas". Nobel. ISBN 85-7393-310-0.External links
* [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article199199.ece Capsule biography of Jonathan Tisdall] – From "Aftenposten"'s News in English/News from Norway staff page
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* [http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?10127548 USCF tournament record for Jon Tisdall] – From the Member Services Area of theUnited States Chess Federation (USFC) website
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