Mark Hebden
| Mark Hebden | |
|---|---|
 Mark Hebden at the 2007 British Rapidplay Championship | |
| Full name | Mark L Hebden |
| Country |
 England |
| Born |
15 February 1958 Leicester, England |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2549 (February 2014) |
| Peak rating | 2567 (October 2001) |
Mark Hebden (born 15 February 1958) is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.
Hebden was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1990, 1994, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 .
He played for England in the European Team Chess Championships of 1983, 1989 and 2007.[1]
He was equal first in four editions of the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open: 1989, 1990, 1995 and 1997.
In 2001 he tied for 1st-4th with Yannick Pelletier, Tamaz Gelashvili and Vladimir Tukmakov in the 9th Neuchâtel Open[2] and in 2009/10 tied for 1st-4th with Andrei Istrăţescu, Romain Edouard and David Howell in the Hastings International Chess Congress.[3]
Hebden is a regular participant at the 4NCL, Britain's premier chess league and in 2013, won the 4NCL Individual Championship, held at Daventry.[4] He also plays in the Leicestershire Amateur League for the chess club Braunstone and on Internet Chess Club ICC as 'mhebden'.[5] ICC is a commercial site where many titled players gather.
References
- ↑ "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Mark Hebden". OlimpBase. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ↑ "9ème Open de Neuchâtel". Neuchatel-Echecs.ch. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ↑ Giddins, Steve (6 January 2010). "Hastings Four players tie for first with 7.0-9". ChessBase. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "4NCL Individual Championship Crosstable 2013".
- ↑ "Internet Chess Club: Mark Hebden".
External links
- Mark Hebden player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Mark Hebden Interview on youtube by French Channel