Stuart Conquest
{{Short description|English chess Grandmaster, commentator and tournament director}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image = Conquest rd7 4thEUIO.JPG
|name = Stuart Conquest
|caption = Liverpool, 2008
|country = {{ENG}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|3|1|df=y}}
|birth_place = Ilford, London, England
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (1991)
|worldchampion =
|peakrating = 2601 (October 2001)
|peakranking = No. 84 (July 1996)
|FideID = 400181
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Stuart C. Conquest (born 1 March 1967 in Ilford, England) is an English chess Grandmaster, commentator and tournament director.
Chess career
In 1981, at the age of 14, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the under-16 category. Conquest was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1997. In 1995 and 2000 he shared first place at the Hastings Premier{{cite web |url=http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/premier%20winners.htm |title=Winners of the Hastings tournament |publisher=Hastingschess.org.uk |date= |accessdate=31 October 2010 |archive-date=3 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803045919/http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2008/masters.htm |url-status=dead }} and in 2001, won the category 14 tournament in Clichy.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic348.html#8 |title=Clichy 2001 from TWIC |publisher=Chesscenter.com |date= |accessdate=31 October 2010}}
Following a relatively lean period, he capped his return to form in 2008 with victory in the British Chess Championship,{{cite web|url=http://www.britishchess08.com/ |title=2008 British Championship |publisher=Britishchess08.com |date=23 April 2007 |accessdate=31 October 2010}} defeating Keith Arkell in a two-game rapidplay play-off match for the title, after they tied for first place. In May 2009 he came first at the Capo d'Orso Open.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5462 |title=Chess News - Stuart Conquest wins Capo d'Orso Open |publisher=ChessBase.com |date=26 May 2009 |accessdate=31 October 2010}}
Since the mid-1990s, he has been a frequent member of the England team at the Olympiads and European Team Chess Championships.{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/lznzzjtg.html |title=OlimpBase |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=31 October 2010}}
A prolific player at international tournaments for many years, Conquest has in recent times been a regular commentator and (since 2011) tournament director of the Gibraltar Chess Festival, held annually at the Caleta Hotel in Catalan Bay.
Chess strength
His highest Elo rating was 2601, in the October 2001 FIDE rating list. He gained the International Master and Grandmaster titles in 1985 and 1991 respectively.
References
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External links
- {{chessgames player|id=11659}}
- [http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S024444000000111000000000004110100 Chessmetrics Player Profile: Stuart Conquest]
- [http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/stuart-conquest-ive-never-ordered-tomato-juice-in-a-pub-before-in-my-life/ Interview with Stuart Conquest] Chessvibes.com (August 2008)
- [http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival]
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:English chess players
Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Redbridge