Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 07. September 1958 |
Geburtsort | Babinda, Queensland, Australia |
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Beschreibung | Guy West (born 7 September 1958) is an Australian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM). He is a former Australian Chess Champion. West was born in Babinda, Queensland, and moved to Melbourne at the age of 12. He became interested in chess during the 'Fischer boom' of the early 1970s and joined Heidelberg Chess Club, where Ian Rogers (who later became Australia's highest ranked player) was a noteworthy junior. In 1981 West spent several months based in England and won the City of London Open. He is also a three-time winner of the Australian Masters tournament. |
