31 Aug 07
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Originally posted by Fat LadyI remember Penrose quite well. At the time he was GB's best player, but I think he had health problems that prevented him from playing his best in OTB tmts.
Jonathan Penrose seemed to be equally good at correspondence and OTB chess. He was a correspondence GM and would easily be a GM if he was playing today though I think he only made IM when he played in the sixties.
31 Aug 07
Originally posted by Fat LadyHugh Alexander was another strong British player who made the switch and played a few nice correspondence games in the 1960s. In nearer times GM Ulf Andersson has played 30 odd CC games and is 2nd in the ICCF rating list...I saw a couple of his games annotated in Chess Mail and he seemed to play less dryly that he does OTB
Jonathan Penrose seemed to be equally good at correspondence and OTB chess. He was a correspondence GM and would easily be a GM if he was playing today though I think he only made IM when he played in the sixties.