Charles Bent (chess)

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Charles Michael Bent was an English composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire on November 27, 1919 and died on December 28, 2004 in a motorway accident.^[1] Bent was the most prolific English endgame composer and one of the top ten in the world.^[2] He published as many as 848 studies, 72 of which won honours in international competitions.^[1]

Beginning in 1975, he edited the British Chess Magazine monthly study column for ten years and contributed several articles to the EG quarterly study magazine. In 1993, together with Timothy Whitworth, he published a selection of 288 of his best endgame studies, entitled The Best of Bent.^[1]

Bent received several awards in his lifetime. He was awarded the British Chess Federation President's Award, in recognition of his achievements in chess composition.^[1] The C. M. Bent Memorial Composing Tourney was held in 2006-07.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d British Chess Federation (2005). Charles Michael Bent. British Chess Federation. Retrieved on November 26, 2007.
^ Article by Harold van der Heijden in EG vol. 130.
^ Blog post by Dennis Monokroussos.