English chess grandmaster (born 1958)
Mark Hebden Mark Hebden at the 2007 British Rapidplay Championship
Full name Mark Lesland Hebden Country England Born (1958-02-15 ) 15 February 1958 (age 66) Leicester , EnglandTitle Grandmaster (1992)Peak rating 2567 (October 2001)
Mark Lesland Hebden (born 15 February 1958 in Leicester ) is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster .[ 1]
Hebden is known for chess openings such as the Grand Prix Attack , the Barry Attack , and the 150 Attack .[ 2]
Hebden was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1990, 1994, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2015 .
He played for England in the European Team Chess Championships of 1983, 1989 and 2007.[ 3]
He was equal first in four editions of the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open : 1989, 1990, 1995 and 1997.
In 2001 he tied for 1st-4th with Yannick Pelletier , Tamaz Gelashvili and Vladimir Tukmakov in the 9th Neuchâtel Open[ 4] and in 2009–10 tied for 1st-4th with Andrei Istrățescu , Romain Edouard and David Howell in the Hastings International Chess Congress .[ 5]
Hebden is a regular participant at the 4NCL , Britain's premier chess league and in 2013, won the 4NCL Individual Championship, held at Daventry.[ 6] He also plays in local leagues for Sutton Coldfield Chess Club, Syston Chess Club, and online on Internet Chess Club ICC as 'mhebden'.[ 7] ICC is a commercial site where many titled players gather.
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