Baruch Harold Wood

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Baruch Harold Wood MSc OBE (more commonly known as B.H. Wood) (July 13, 1909 – April 4, 1989) was an English chess player, editor and author. He was born in Sheffield, England.

Playing career

Between 1938 and 1957, Wood won the championship of Warwickshire eight times. In 1939 he represented England at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. He won the tournaments at Baarn (1947), Paignton (1954), Whitby (1963), Tórshavn (1967) and Jersey (1975). In 1948 he came second in the British Chess Championships held in London. In correspondence chess, he won the British championship in 1945. From 1946 to 1951 he was a president of the ICCA, a forerunner organization of the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Wood was also an international chess arbiter and was joint founder of the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.

Writings

In 1935, Wood founded the chess magazine CHESS. He edited it until 1988, when it was taken over by Pergamon Press. Wood wrote chess columns for the Daily Telegraph and The Illustrated London News. From 1948 to February 1967, he was responsible for the chess column of the Birmingham Daily Post. He also wrote a popular and three-times reprinted book "Easy Guide to Chess" (1942). His other books include "World Championship Candidates Tournament" (1953) and "100 Victorian Chess Problems" (1972).

Other

Wood represented England when it joined the World Chess Federation. He was long time President of the British Schools Chess Association and also of the British Universities Chess Association. He died in Sutton Coldfield, England at the age of 79.

Wood's daughter Peggy Clarke, son-in-law Peter Clarke, and sons Christopher, Frank and Philip are also strong chess players.