Peter Richard Markland (born 13 April 1951 in Bolton, Lancashire) is a British chess player. He was a member of the British team at the Chess Olympiads in 1972 and 1974.[1][2] Markland was listed as the highest ranked British chess player in the first official FIDE Elo list, published in July 1971.[2]

Peter Markland
Full namePeter Richard Markland
CountryEngland
Born13 April 1951 (1951-04-13) (age 73)
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Title
FIDE rating2390 (May 1974)
Peak rating2510 (July 1971)
Peak rankingNo. 63 (July 1971)
ICCF rating2418 (July 1992)

Since 1984, Markland is an ICCF Grandmaster.[3] He is also an FIDE Master since 2021.[4]

He worked as a banker and lives in Woodbridge, Suffolk.[2]

Bibliography

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  • The Best of Karpov (1975)
  • The Sicilian Richter-Rauzer [with Tim Harding] (1975)
  • Sicilian: ...E5 [with Tim Harding] (1976)

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Peter Richard Markland". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Upham, John (13 April 2020). "Happy Birthday Peter Richard Markland (13-iv-1951)". British Chess News. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Markland, Peter Richard". ICCF.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Markland, Peter R". FIDE.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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