Joseph Gerald Gallagher (born in London 4 May 1964) is a British-born Swiss

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 1990 and has been the national champion of both Britain and Switzerland.

Career

Born to Irish parents Norah and Patrick, Gallagher was the eldest child (his sisters Catherine, Noreen, Pauline and Marie, and brother Stephen also played chess). His sister Marie also played chess to an international standard at age 11. He played for many years on the European chess circuit, before marrying and moving to

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in Switzerland, taking Swiss nationality, being awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1990, and then winning the

British Chess Championship The British Chess Championships are organised by the English Chess Federation. The main tournament incorporates the British Championship, the English Chess Championships and the British Women's Chess Championship so it is possible, although it has ...

in 2001 and the Swiss Chess Championship in 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012 and 2021. He has represented his adopted country Switzerland regularly at the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

and at the European Team Chess Championship since 1997, his best result occurring at the

2006 Chess Olympiad The 37th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 37° Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as w ...

, when he scored 6/10.Joseph Gallagher
team chess records at Olimpbase.org Gallagher is a noted author on various aspects of chess opening theory, being an expert on the King's Indian Defence as Black and the

King's Gambit The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit, White has two main plans. The first is to play d4 and Bxf4, regaining the gambit ...

as White. Gallagher was one of four writers of the popular volume ''Nunn's Chess Openings'' ( Everyman Chess 1999).

Books

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References

* – middle name.

External links

Joseph G Gallagher
games at 365Chess.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Joseph 1964 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors English chess players Swiss chess players Swiss non-fiction writers Swiss male writers British chess writers Place of birth missing (living people) Male non-fiction writers