Peter Richard Markland (born 13 April 1951 in

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, Lancashire) is a British chess player. He was a member of the British team at the

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s in 1972 and 1974. Markland was listed as the highest ranked British chess player in the first official

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list, published in July 1971. Since 1984, Markland is an

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. He is also an

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since 2021. He worked as a banker and lives in

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Bibliography

* ''The Best of Karpov'' (1975) * ''The Sicilian Richter-Rauzer'' Tim Harding">Tim_Harding_(chess_player).html" ;"title="ith Tim Harding (chess player)">Tim Harding(1975) * ''Sicilian: ...E5'' Tim Harding">Tim_Harding_(chess_player).html" ;"title="ith Tim Harding (chess player)">Tim Harding(1976)

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