Leonard Barden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leonard Barden

English international chess player, columnist, author, and promoter

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1929

Place of Birth: Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Profession: chess player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, organizer and promoter.
The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read modern history.
He learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid.
Within a few years he became one of the country's leading juniors.
He represented England in four Chess Olympiads.
Barden played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s.
He is a chess columnist for various newspapers.
His column in London's Evening Standard is the world's longest-running daily chess column by the same author.