Glenn Flear

Glenn Curtis Flear (born February 12, 1959 in Leicester, England) is a British chess grandmaster now living in Montpellier, France. He is the author of several books, some on chess openings and some on the endgame.

He was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and Grandmaster title in 1987.

Flear created one of the greatest ever chess tournament upsets when, as a last minute substitute, he won the very strong London 1986 event (ahead of Chandler, Short, Nunn, Ribli, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Spassky, Vaganian, Speelman, and Larsen, amongst others). To round off the happy occasion, he married five-time French Ladies' Champion Christine Leroy during the event. They have two sons, James and Nathan.

He also represented England at the 1986 Dubai Olympiad (earning a team silver medal) and at the European Team Championship at Plovdiv in 2003.

Partial bibliography

*"Improve Your Endgame Play", 2000, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-246-6.
*"Mastering the Endgame", 2001, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-233-4.
*"Test Your Endgame Thinking", 2002, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-305-5.
*"Starting Out: Pawn Endings", 2004, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-362-4.
*"Practical Endgame Play - Byond the Basics: the Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter", 2007, Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-555-8

References

*cite book | author=Whyld, Kenneth | title=Guinness Chess, The Records | publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd | year=1986 | id=ISBN 0851124550 (page 79)
* [http://www.olimpbase.org Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information]

External links

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* [http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Flear,Glenn%20C. Statistics at ChessWorld.net]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=13822 Chessgames.com Glenn Flear]