This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rook wave (talk | contribs) at 19:07, 4 January 2006 (still no source for the quote; please do not just remove my changes as vandalisms, they are not). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 19:07, 4 January 2006 by Rook wave (talk | contribs) (still no source for the quote; please do not just remove my changes as vandalisms, they are not)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)David S. Goodman (b. February 25, 1958 in England) is an International Master of chess. David Simon Charles Goodman was born on the 25th of February 1958. Awarded the IM title in 1983, he was World Under-18 Champion in 1975. He is an AP reporter. He started his career as a stringer reporting on international chess tournaments for AP. He is perhaps the only chess news reporter who ever graduated to become a real news reporter.
He is now a US citizen and lives in New York City.
Goodman became known as a real journalist for his discovery that Soviet Premier Konstantin Chernenko was dead. In Moscow for a major chess event, Goodman went early one morning to the Great Hall of the People 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 is now relatively inactive in chess except that he coaches some students. He is rated 2405 by FIDE.
Books
Maneuvers in Moscow: Karpov-Kasparov II (Macmillan Chess Library) by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - January 1986) ISBN 0020287208
The Centenary Match Kasparov-Karpov III by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - December 1986) ISBN 0020287003
Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue by David Goodman, Raymond Keene (Paperback - May 1997) ISBN 1888281065
Showdown in Seville Kasparov-Karpov IV by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - October 2003) ISBN 1843821214
External links
- David S. Goodman rating card at FIDE