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| '''David S. Goodman''' (b. ], ] in ]) is an ] of ]. David Simon Charles Goodman was born on the 25th of February 1958. Awarded the IM title in ], he was ] in ]. He is an ] reporter. He started his career as a ] reporting on international chess tournaments for AP. He is perhaps the only chess news reporter who ever graduated to become a real news reporter. | |||
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| |country = {{ENG}} | |||
| |birth_date = {{birth date and age|25 February 1958|df=y}} | |||
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| |title = ] (1982) | |||
| |peakrating = 2410 (January 1986) | |||
| |FideID = 400351 | |||
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| '''David Simon Charles Goodman''' (born 25 February 1958<ref name="Gaige">{{citation | |||
| | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | |||
| | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | |||
| | publisher=McFarland | |||
| | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | |||
| | page=145}}</ref> in England) is an ] of ], chess writer and teacher, and former journalist. | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| He is now a ] and lives in ]. | |||
| He was educated at ] in London and at ]. He has a BA and honorary MA from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. | |||
| Goodman won the ] (Cadets, under-18) in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in ] in 1977. In 1978 he was part of the five-man English team that won the World Under-26 Team Championship in Mexico City. He was awarded the IM title in 1983,<ref name="Gaige"/> and reached a ] ] of 2405. He has been inactive in competitive chess since the 1990s. | |||
| Goodman became known as a real journalist for his discovery that ] ] was dead. In ] for a major chess event, Goodman went early one morning to the ] where the chess event was being played. Upon trying to enter the building, he was told by the cleaning lady that the chess event would not be played that day because an important person had died. Goodman figured out that the only person so important that his death would cause postponement of the chess event was Soviet Premier Konstantin Chernenko. | |||
| Goodman started his journalism career as a ] reporting on international chess tournaments for ], before joining the company as a full-time reporter and editor in 1990. | |||
| Goodman is now relatively inactive in chess except that he coaches some students. He is rated 2405 by ]. | |||
| One particular "scoop" was when Goodman helped to break the news that Soviet Defense Minister ] was dead. The ] was played in Moscow's ] where the bodies of Soviet leaders used to lie in state. After a series of unusual timeouts at the match, Goodman was able to establish through his chess contacts that Ustinov had died. | |||
| ⚫ | == Books == | ||
| Goodman left AP in 2002, to become a full-time chess teacher in ]. As of December 2009, Goodman is a coach for the elementary school chess team of the ] in New York City. | |||
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| ⚫ | == Books == | ||
| ⚫ | The Centenary Match Kasparov-Karpov III by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback |
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| *''Maneuvers in Moscow: Karpov-Kasparov II'' (Macmillan Chess Library) by ], David Goodman (Paperback – January 1986) {{ISBN|0-02-028720-8}} | |||
| ⚫ | *''The Centenary Match Kasparov-Karpov III'' by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback – December 1986) {{ISBN|0-02-028700-3}} | ||
| ⚫ | *''Showdown in Seville Kasparov-Karpov IV'' by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback – October 2003) {{ISBN|1-84382-121-4}} | ||
| *''Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue'' by David Goodman, Raymond Keene (Paperback – May 1997) {{ISBN|1-888281-06-5}} | |||
| == References == | |||
| Showdown in Seville Kasparov-Karpov IV by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - October 2003) ISBN 1843821214 | |||
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| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| ⚫ | * {{USCF|12569577|David Simon Goodman}} | ||
| * {{FIDE|400351|David S. C. Goodman}} | |||
| * {{365Chess.com player|David_SC_Goodman|David S. C. Goodman}} | |||
| * {{Chessgames.com player|37456|David Goodman}} | |||
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| David Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Country |  England |
| Born | (1958-02-25) 25 February 1958 (age 66) |
| Title | International Master (1982) |
| FIDE rating | 2405 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2410 (January 1986) |
David Simon Charles Goodman (born 25 February 1958 in England) is an International Master of chess, chess writer and teacher, and former journalist.
Career
He was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and at Keble College, Oxford. He has a BA and honorary MA from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
Goodman won the World Youth Chess Championship (Cadets, under-18) in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in Moscow in 1977. In 1978 he was part of the five-man English team that won the World Under-26 Team Championship in Mexico City. He was awarded the IM title in 1983, and reached a FIDE Elo rating of 2405. He has been inactive in competitive chess since the 1990s.
Goodman started his journalism career as a stringer reporting on international chess tournaments for The Associated Press, before joining the company as a full-time reporter and editor in 1990.
One particular "scoop" was when Goodman helped to break the news that Soviet Defense Minister Dmitriy Ustinov was dead. The 1984–1985 World Chess Championship was played in Moscow's Hall of Columns where the bodies of Soviet leaders used to lie in state. After a series of unusual timeouts at the match, Goodman was able to establish through his chess contacts that Ustinov had died.
Goodman left AP in 2002, to become a full-time chess teacher in New York City. As of December 2009, Goodman is a coach for the elementary school chess team of the Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in New York City.
Books
- Maneuvers in Moscow: Karpov-Kasparov II (Macmillan Chess Library) by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback – January 1986) ISBN 0-02-028720-8
- The Centenary Match Kasparov-Karpov III by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback – December 1986) ISBN 0-02-028700-3
- Showdown in Seville Kasparov-Karpov IV by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback – October 2003) ISBN 1-84382-121-4
- Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue by David Goodman, Raymond Keene (Paperback – May 1997) ISBN 1-888281-06-5
References
- ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 145, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
External links
- David Simon Goodman rating and tournament record at US Chess Federation
- David S. C. Goodman rating card at FIDE
- David S. C. Goodman chess games at 365Chess.com
- David Goodman player profile and games at Chessgames.com