Brian Patrick Reilly (born 12 December 1901, Menton, France – died 29 December 1991, Hastings, England) was an Irish chess Master, writer and magazine editor. Menton (mɑ̃tɔ̃ Occitan: Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm Italian: Mentone) is a commune This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Hastings is a town on the coast of East Sussex in England; it is also the administrative centre for the Borough of the same name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.

He was born at Menton on the French Riviera. The French Riviera (Côte d'Azur Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world extending along the Mediterranean Sea west The Irish connection goes back to his paternal grandfather, who came from Kells in County Meath. Reilly won the Nice club championship in 1924. Nice (nis Niçard Occitan: Niça norm or Nissa, Italian: Nizza or Nizza Marittima, Greek He shared 5th place at Hyères 1927 (Wilhelm Orbach won). Hyères ( Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm or Iero in Mistralian norm is a town and commune in the southeast of France Wilhelm Orbach (1894 Offenbach am Main – 1944 Auschwitz was a German chess master He took 10th at Nice 1930 (Savielly Tartakower won). Ksawery Tartakower (Russian Савелий Григорьевич Тартаковер generally known as Saviely or Savielly Tartakower in English less often ^[1]

In 1931, Reilly won in Nice and took 5th at Nice (Pentangular, Alexander Alekhine won). Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (alʲɛkˈsandr̠ alʲɛkˈsandr̠ovʲiʨ aˈlʲɛxin Russian Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин) (October He tied for 4-6th at Margate 1935 (Samuel Reshevsky won). Margate is a Seaside resort town within the Thanet district of East Kent, England. Samuel Herman (Sammy Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire In 1935, he took 5th in Barcelona (Salo Flohr and George Koltanowski won), and tied for 5-7th in Rosas (Flohr won). Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr ( November 21, 1908 &ndash July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet Chess George Koltanowski (also "Georges" September 17, 1903, in Antwerp Belgium &ndash February 5, 2000) was a Belgian In 1937, he took 4th in Nice (Quadrangular; Alekhine won). In 1938, he took 2nd, behind Karel Opočensky, in Nice. Karel Opočenský ( 7 February, 1892, Most – 16 November, 1975, Prague) was a Czech Chess master ^[2]

Reilly represented Ireland in nine Chess Olympiads in 1935, and 1954–1968 (three times at first board). Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other ^[3] He won the Irish Championship in 1959 and 1960. The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland as run by the Irish Chess Union ( ICU) the governing body for the sport and a member of FIDE

He was the editor of British Chess Magazine from 1949 to 1981, the longest-serving editor of that magazine. British Chess Magazine is the world's oldest Chess Magazine in continuous publication

References

1. ^ Brian Reilly at the Internet Archive
2. ^ http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/
3. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess

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