Cecil Purdy

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chess coach chess player chess writer correspondence chess player human

Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.

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Label	Occurrences
Cecil Purdy canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chess coach ⓘ chess player ⓘ chess writer ⓘ correspondence chess player ⓘ human ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Egypt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Australia ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Australia ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1906-03-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1979-11-06 ⓘ
editorOf	Australasian Chess Review ⓘ Chess World magazine ⓘ
familyName	Purdy ⓘ
fieldOfWork	chess ⓘ chess education ⓘ chess journalism ⓘ
givenName	Cecil ⓘ
influenced	Australian chess players ⓘ
knownFor	World Correspondence Chess Champion ⓘ chess instruction ⓘ chess writing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Cecil Purdy self-link ⓘ
nationality	Australian ⓘ
notableAchievement	first official World Correspondence Chess Champion ⓘ
notableWork	annotated chess games ⓘ instructional chess articles ⓘ
numberOfAustralianChampionships	4 ⓘ
occupation	chess coach ⓘ chess player ⓘ editor ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Port Said ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Sydney ⓘ
publisherOf	Australasian Chess Review ⓘ Chess World magazine ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Australia ⓘ Sydney ⓘ
styleOfPlay	positional chess ⓘ
title	International Master ⓘ International Master of Correspondence Chess ⓘ
wonTitle	Australian Chess Championship ⓘ New South Wales Chess Championship ⓘ
worldChampionEndYear	1959 ⓘ
worldChampionInDiscipline	correspondence chess ⓘ
worldChampionStartYear	1953 ⓘ
worldChampionTitle	World Correspondence Chess Championship ⓘ

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