Ewen McGowen Green (born 4 April 1950) is a freelance chess teacher in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ewen Green
Full name	Ewen McGowen Green
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1950-04-04) 4 April 1950 (age 72)
Title	FIDE Master (1992)
FIDE rating	2216 (July 2021)
Peak rating	2335 (January 1981)

Green attained FIDE Master status in 1992.[1] In 1979–80 he won the New Zealand Chess Championship along with Vernon A. Small and Ortvin Sarapu[1] and has also been an Olympiad player (1970, 1974, 1976).[2]

In 2013, he was equal second in New Zealand Chess Championship.[3]

He is regarded as one of New Zealand's best chess coaches; he coached Cliff Curtis and other cast members of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse.[4]

Green holds the Oceania record for simultaneous games of blindfold chess of 17 boards (13 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses) in an arbitered demonstration.[5]

Notable game

Stalflinga-Green, Esbjerg 1974

	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

Black to play.

Murray Chandler describes this as "one of the most brilliant combinations ever played by a New Zealander".[6] 1...Rxe7! 2.Qxe7 Qxf3!! 3.gxf3 Rg8+ 4.Kf1 Ba6+ 5.Re2 Nd2+ 6.Ke1 Nxf3+ 7.Kd1 Rg1+ 0-1

References

External links

• Ewen M. Green rating card at FIDE
• Ewen M. Green FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
• Ewen McGowen Green player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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