Glenn Flear

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Glenn Flear
Glenn Flear, 2006
Full name	Glenn Flear
Country	England
Born	(1959-02-12) 12 February 1959 Leicester, England
Title	Grandmaster (1987)
FIDE rating	2487 (February 2014)

Glenn Curtis Flear (born 12 February 1959 in Leicester, England) is a British chess grandmaster now living in Montpellier, France. He is the author of several books, some on chess openings and some on the endgame.

He was awarded the International Master title in 1983 and Grandmaster title in 1987. His current FIDE rating is 2510.

Flear created one of the greatest-ever chess tournament upsets when, as a last minute substitute, he won the very strong London 1986 event (ahead of Chandler, Short, Nunn, Ribli, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Spassky, Vaganian, Speelman, and Larsen, amongst others). To round off the happy occasion, he married five-time French Ladies' Champion Christine Leroy during the event. They have two sons, James and Nathan.

He also represented England at the 1986 Dubai Olympiad (earning a team silver medal) and at the European Team Chess Championship at Plovdiv in 2003.

Selected writings

Improve Your Endgame Play, 2000, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-246-6.
Open Ruy Lopez, 2000, Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857442618.
Mastering the Endgame, 2001, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-233-4.
Test Your Endgame Thinking, 2002, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-305-5.
Starting Out: Pawn Endings, 2004, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-362-4.
Practical Endgame Play – Beyond the Basics: the Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter, 2007, Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-555-8
Tactimania: Find the Winning Combination, 2011, Quality Chess. ISBN 1-90655-298-3.

References

Whyld, Kenneth (1986). Guinness Chess, The Records. Guinness Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-455-0. (page 79)
OlimpBase – Information about Chess Olympiads and other team chess events

External links

[http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Flear,Glenn%20C. Statistics at ChessWorld.net]
Chessgames.com Glenn Flear

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Persondata
Name	Flear, Glenn
Alternative names
Short description	British chess player
Date of birth	12 February 1959
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Date of death
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