Bruce_Amos

Bruce Amos

Bruce Amos

Canadian chess player

Bruce Murray Amos (born December 30, 1946) is a Canadian chess master.[1]

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Biography

Amos was awarded the International Master title in 1969 for his tied 4th-5th place finish at the Canadian Chess Championship Zonal at Pointe Claire; Duncan Suttles and Zvonko Vranesic shared the top spots.[2] Amos played twice more in Canadian Zonals. At Toronto 1972, he scored 9/17, for a shared 9-11th place, and at Calgary 1975, he scored 9/15 for a shared 5-7th place; Peter Biyiasas won both events.[3]

Amos represented Canada three times at Chess Olympiads. He won the silver medal on board two at the 1971 Student Olympiad at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; the team won the bronze medal.[4] In 49 international team games in the four events, he scored (+23 =20 –6), for 67.3 percent.

Amos narrowly missed a grandmaster result when he placed 3rd with 11/15, ahead of several grandmasters, at Reykjavík 1970; Guðmundur Sigurjónsson won.[6] He played in the 1973 Canadian Open and U.S. Open. After 1976, Amos largely withdrew from competitive chess in favour of Go, the Oriental board game, and became a top-ranking amateur player. An alumnus of the University of Toronto, he completed graduate studies in mathematics at Yale University[when?].

Amos's game against future world champion Anatoly Karpov at Mayagüez 1971 was annotated by Karpov in a published game collection.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Cohen, David (December 25, 2018). "Bruce Amos". Canadian Chess Biographies. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Horowitz, Al (October 2, 1969). "Chess: 2 Brilliant Sacrifices Put A Master Against the Ropes". New York Times. p. 44. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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    "Canadian Closed Championships, 1945-2021". British Columbia Chess History. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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    "18th World Student Team Chess Championship: Mayagüez 1971: Canada". OlimpBase: The Encyclopedia of Team Chess. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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    "Amos, Bruce". OlimpBase: The Encyclopedia of Team Chess. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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    "Reykjavik 1970". 365Chess. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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    Karpov, Anatoly; Levy, David N. (1975). Karpov's Collected Games: All 530 Encounters. RHM Press. pp. 134–35. ISBN 978-0-89058-005-9. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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