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David Norwood

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David Norwood
David Norwood (2012)
Full name	David Robert Norwood
Country	England Andorra
Born	3 October 1968 (1968-10-03) (age 56) Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, England
Title	Grandmaster (1989)
FIDE rating	2494 (November 2024)
Peak rating	2545 (July 1994)

David Robert Norwood (born 3 October 1968) is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who is also a chess player - grandmaster, chess writer, former captain of the English chess team and has represented England and Andorra at chess.

Career

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The son of an electrician, Norwood graduated with a history degree from Keble College, Oxford in 1988 before joining city investment bank Banker's Trust in 1991.

Norwood cofounded Oxford Sciences Innovation, a £1.2bn investment firm dedicated to creating deep science world changing companies from Oxford University, and was its CEO from 2015 to 2019. Formerly he was founder of IP Group plc, a fund that invested in spinoffs from Oxford University's Chemistry department, in exchange for 50% of the revenues from the licensing of the department's intellectual property.^[1]

In 2017, Norwood donated £1.9M to Keble College's future hub Archived 26 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine for innovation at Oxford University.^[2]

Chess

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FIDE awarded Norwood the International Master title in 1985 and the International Grandmaster title in 1989. He is less active as an over-the-board player these days, but maintains a strong interest in chess as a member of the Internet Chess Club. He has on a number of occasions captained, managed, or sponsored the England squad in major team events such as the Chess Olympiad.

Norwood has written several books including Winning with the Modern (the Modern Defence being a favorite opening of his) and Steve Davis plays Chess (co-authored with Steve Davis). He has also written many articles on chess for The Daily Telegraph.

He also made a large donation in 2001 to the British Chess Federation to assist with the development of junior chess.

Illustrative games

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In the following game, Norwood's hypermodern opening leads to an old-fashioned king hunt:

Norwood-Marsh, Walsall 1992^[3]

1. g3 d5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Bg2 e6
4. O-O Be7
5. d3 c5
6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 b6
8. e5 Nd7
9. Re1 Qc7
10. Qe2 B♭7
11. h4 O-O-O
12. a3 h6
13. h5 Rdg8
14. c4 d4
15. b4 g6
16. bxc5 bxc5
17. hxg6 Rxg6
18. Rb1 h5
19. Ne4 h4
20. Bg5 Bf8
21. Nxh4 Rgg8
22. Nf3 Rh7
23. Nd6+ Bxd6
24. exd6 Qxd6
25. Bf4 Qe7
26. Rxb7 Kxb7
27. Qe4 f5 (diagram below)
28. Qxc6+!! Kxc6
29. Nxd4+ Kb6
30. Rb1+ Ka6
31. B♭7+ Ka5
32. Bd2+ Ka4
33. Bc6+ Kxa3
34. Bc1+ Ka2
35. Rb2+ Ka1
36. Nc2# 1-0

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Position after 27...f5

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Final position

Books

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Norwood, David (1991). King's Indian Attack. Trends Publications.
Norwood, David (1995). The Modern Benoni. Cadogan. ISBN 91-976005-2-0.
Norwood, David (1995). Chess Puzzles. Henry Holt and Company, Inc. ISBN 0-8050-4226-1.

References

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^ "Personality of the year: David Norwood". globaluniversityventuring.com. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ "David Norwood donates £1.9m towards future home of innovation in Oxford University – Keble College". keble.ox.ac.uk. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ David Norwood vs Sean Marsh (1992) "Marsh Mellow" Chessgames.com

External links

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David Norwood rating card at FIDE
David Norwood player profile and games at Chessgames.com

v t e English Grandmasters
Chess players for England with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
1970s	Tony Miles Raymond Keene Michael Stean John Nunn
1980s	Jon Speelman Jonathan Mestel Nigel Short Harry Golombek James Plaskett Glenn Flear Julian Hodgson Michael Adams Daniel King David Norwood Mihai Suba
1990s	Joseph Gallagher Anthony Kosten William Watson Stuart Conquest Mark Hebden Nigel Davies Jonathan Penrose Matthew Sadler Jonathan Levitt Peter Wells Keith Arkell John Emms James Howell Neil McDonald Chris Ward Dharshan Kumaran Aaron Summerscale
2000s	Luke McShane Jonathan Parker Nicholas Pert Matthew Turner Alexander Cherniaev Daniel Gormally David Howell Gawain Jones Stewart Haslinger Simon Williams Stephen J. Gordon
2010s	Jonathan Hawkins Daniel Fernandez
2020s	Ravi Haria Nikita Vitiugov Shreyas Royal Ameet Ghasi
See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:English chess players

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