From chessgames.com :“Timothy David Harding was born in London. He has been playing both over-the-board and correspondence chess since the 1960s. Harding played on the Irish team at the 1984 FIDE Olympiad in Thessaloniki, scoring 50%. In 2002 he achieved the title of Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess. He is also a Candidate Master (2015).
As a chess historian, Harding has authored dozens of books on chess since 1973. He is also the author of the “The Kibitzer”, a popular chess column published at ChessCafe.com.
“Timothy David Harding (born 6 May 1948 in London)[1] is a chess player and author with particular expertise in correspondence chess. He published a correspondence chess magazine Chess Mail from 1996 to 2006[2] and authored “The Kibitzer”, a ChessCafe.com column from 1996 until 2015.[3] In 2002, he was awarded the title Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess by the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Harding has lived in Dublin since 1976,[2] writing a weekly column for The Sunday Press from then until 1995.
In 2009, Harding received a PhD degree in history from University of Dublin, with his thesis on correspondence chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824–1914.[4]
He is credited with coining the name Frankenstein–Dracula Variation in his 1975 Vienna Game book.”
Timothy David Harding (06-v-1948)
Tim has written / co-authored at least forty chess books and here is a selection :
The Velimirovic Attack, Sozin Sicilian, TD Harding and RG Wade, Chessman Publications Ltd., 1969.Counter gambits by Timothy D. Harding (1974)Sicilian:…e5 by TD Harding & PR MarklandThe Sicilian Sozin, TD Harding, GS Botterill, C. Kottnauer, Batsford, 1974Sicilian Richter-RauzerThe Leningrad Dutch, BT Batsford, Tim Harding, 1976Colle, London and Blackmar-Diemer Systems, BT Batsford Ltd, Tim Harding, 1979French: MacCutcheon and Advance Lines, Batsford, 1979French: Classical Lines, Batsford, 1979Queen’s Gambit Declined : Semi-Slav, Tim Harding, BT Batsford Ltd., 1981Guide to the Chess OpeningsBritish Chess Literature to 1914 : A Handbook for HistoriansEminent Victorian Chess PlayersJoseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography
From chessgames.com :“Timothy David Harding was born in London. He has been playing both over-the-board and correspondence chess since the 1960s. Harding played on the Irish team at the 1984 FIDE Olympiad in Thessaloniki, scoring 50%. In 2002 he achieved the title of Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess. He is also a Candidate Master (2015).
As a chess historian, Harding has authored dozens of books on chess since 1973. He is also the author of the “The Kibitzer”, a popular chess column published at ChessCafe.com.
“Timothy David Harding (born 6 May 1948 in London)[1] is a chess player and author with particular expertise in correspondence chess. He published a correspondence chess magazine Chess Mail from 1996 to 2006[2] and authored “The Kibitzer”, a ChessCafe.com column from 1996 until 2015.[3] In 2002, he was awarded the title Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess by the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Harding has lived in Dublin since 1976,[2] writing a weekly column for The Sunday Press from then until 1995.
In 2009, Harding received a PhD degree in history from University of Dublin, with his thesis on correspondence chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824–1914.[4]
He is credited with coining the name Frankenstein–Dracula Variation in his 1975 Vienna Game book.”
Timothy David Harding (06-v-1948)
Tim has written / co-authored at least forty chess books and here is a selection :
The Velimirovic Attack, Sozin Sicilian, TD Harding and RG Wade, Chessman Publications Ltd., 1969.Counter gambits by Timothy D. Harding (1974)Sicilian:…e5 by TD Harding & PR MarklandThe Sicilian Sozin, TD Harding, GS Botterill, C. Kottnauer, Batsford, 1974Sicilian Richter-RauzerThe Leningrad Dutch, BT Batsford, Tim Harding, 1976Colle, London and Blackmar-Diemer Systems, BT Batsford Ltd, Tim Harding, 1979French: MacCutcheon and Advance Lines, Batsford, 1979French: Classical Lines, Batsford, 1979Queen’s Gambit Declined : Semi-Slav, Tim Harding, BT Batsford Ltd., 1981Guide to the Chess OpeningsBritish Chess Literature to 1914 : A Handbook for HistoriansEminent Victorian Chess PlayersJoseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography
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