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Gordon Thomas Crown (20 June 1929 – 17 November 1947) was a highly promising young British chess player who died prematurely of appendicitis at the age of 18.

Biography

Crown was born in Liverpool in 1929. He finished second in the British under 18 championship in 1946, but improved rapidly, winning the Premier Reserve section of the 1946/7 Hastings International Chess Congress. This led to his being placed on the reserve list for the 1947 British Chess Championship. Following the withdrawal of Sir George Thomas, he was allowed to play in the championship, where he finished third behind Harry Golombek.

He was selected to play for the British team in the 1947 Britain-USSR match, where he caused a sensation by defeating the Soviet Grandmaster Alexander Kotov, though he lost the return game. He also defeated Max Gellis in a Britain-Australia radio match.

On 17 November 1947 he was admitted to hospital, complaining of a stomach upset. Diagnosed too late with appendicitis, complicated by his diabetes, he died in the operating theatre.

References

1. http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/downloads/Chess%20April%202011_webtaster.pdf
2. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter46.html

External links

• Gordon Crown player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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• 1929 births
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• Deaths from peritonitis
• British chess players
• People from Liverpool