David Simon Charles Goodman (born 25 February 1958
in England) is an
International Master
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of
chess
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, chess writer and teacher, and former journalist.
He was educated at
Latymer Upper School in London and at
Keble College, Oxford
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. He has a BA and honorary MA from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
Goodman won the
World Youth Chess Championship (Cadets, under-18) in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in
Moscow
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in 1977. In 1978 he was part of the five-man English team that won the World Under-26 Team Championship in Mexico City. He was awarded the IM title in 1983,
and reached a
FIDE
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Elo rating of 2405. He has been inactive in competitive chess since the 1990s.
Goodman started his journalism career as a
stringer reporting on international chess tournaments for
The Associated Press
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, before joining the company as a full-time reporter and editor in 1990.
One particular "scoop" was when Goodman helped to break the news that Soviet Defense Minister
Dmitriy Ustinov was dead. The
1984–1985 World Chess Championship was played in Moscow's
Hall of Columns
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History
The " ...
where the bodies of Soviet leaders used to lie in state. After a series of unusual timeouts at the match, Goodman was able to establish through his chess contacts that Ustinov had died.
Goodman left AP in 2002, to become a full-time chess teacher in
New York City
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. As of December 2009, Goodman is a coach for the elementary school chess team of the
Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in New York City.
Books
*''Maneuvers in Moscow: Karpov-Kasparov II'' (Macmillan Chess Library) by
Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - January 1986)
*''The Centenary Match Kasparov-Karpov III'' by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - December 1986)
*''Showdown in Seville Kasparov-Karpov IV'' by Raymond Keene, David Goodman (Paperback - October 2003)
*''Man Versus Machine: Kasparov Versus Deep Blue'' by David Goodman, Raymond Keene (Paperback - May 1997)
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1958 births
Living people
British Jews
British chess players
American chess players
Jewish chess players
Chess International Masters
American people of British-Jewish descent
British writers
British chess writers
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
People educated at Latymer Upper School