Bruce Amos
| Bruce Amos | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Canada |
| Born | December 30, 1946 (age 77) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Title | International Master (1969) |
| Peak rating | 2460 (July 1971) |
Bruce Murray Amos (born December 30, 1946) is a Canadian chess master.[1]
Biography
[edit]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.
- Siegen 1970 Olympiad, 1st reserve, 9/13 (+7 =4 –2)
- Mayagüez 1971 Student Olympiad, board 2, 8/11 (+6 =4 –1)
- Skopje 1972 Olympiad, 1st reserve, 10.5/15 (+6 =9 –0);
- Haifa 1976 Olympiad, board 4, 5.5/10 (+4 =3 –3), Canada placed 8th, its best-ever finish.[5]
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
[edit]- ^ Cohen, David (December 25, 2018). "Bruce Amos". Canadian Chess Biographies. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Horowitz, Al (October 2, 1969). "Chess: 2 Brilliant Sacrifices Put A Master Against the Ropes". New York Times. p. 44. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Canadian Closed Championships, 1945-2021". British Columbia Chess History. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "18th World Student Team Chess Championship: Mayagüez 1971: Canada". OlimpBase: The Encyclopedia of Team Chess. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Amos, Bruce". OlimpBase: The Encyclopedia of Team Chess. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Reykjavik 1970". 365Chess. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Bruce Amos rating card at FIDE
- Bruce Amos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Bruce Amos Chessmetrics player profile
