We send birthday wishes to IM Ian Lloyd Thomas born this day (December 14th) in 1967.

Ian was a member of London Central YMCA (CentYMCA).

Ian played top board for Watford Grammar School in the (Sunday Times) National Schools Competition.

His earliest games in MegaBase 2020 are from various Lloyds Bank Opens from 1983 onwards. He played in a few British Championships and then the Washington Open in 1990. His next appearance was in the Himalayan Open in 2010.

According to ChessBase, Ian reached his highest FIDE rating of 2365 in July 1991 aged 24 although we believe he achieved 2400 at a Hastings and then withdrew.

Where are you now Ian ?

We think he is residing in the USA.

[pgn]
[Event “Oakham YM”]
[Site “Oakham”]
[Date “1988.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “McDonald, Neil R”]
[Black “Thomas, Ian L”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A12”]
[WhiteElo “2495”]
[Annotator “British Chess News”]
[PlyCount “136”]
[EventDate “1988.03.??”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[SourceTitle “TD”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1994.03.01”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1994.03.01”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

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