O'Kelly won the Belgian championships thirteen times between 1937 and 1959. He placed first at Beverwijk 1946. In 1947, he became one of Europe's leading players, having finished first at the 1947 European Zonal tournament at Hilversum, tied for first place with Pirc at Teplice Sanov, and tied for second at Venice. The next year, O'Kelly finished first at São Paulo ahead of Eliskases and Rossetto. He earned the title International Master (IM) in 1950, the first year the title was awarded. He placed first at Dortmund 1951. O'Kelly finished first at the round-robin Utrecht 1961 with 6½/9, followed by Karl Robatsch second with 6 points and Arthur Bisguier and Aleksandar Matanović tied for third and fourth with 5½.[1] He took part in The Gijón International Chess Tournaments (1949 and 1956), achieving respectively 2nd and 4th places.[2]
In 1958, he was awarded the Belgian decoration of the Golden Palm of the Order of the Crown, for his chess successes and the distinction he had brought to the nation.[3]
He spoke French, Dutch, German, English, Spanish, and Russian fluently, and also some Italian. He published many books and articles, often in languages other than French. As a youth, he took lessons from the legendary Akiba Rubinstein.
Ancestryedit
O'Kelly was descended from John O'Kelly, an Irish-born British army officer who was granted a nobility title in 1720 in what was then the Austrian Low Countries.[4] Consequently, he was often styled as 'Count O'Kelly de Galway', for example on the front cover of his 1965 book about Petrosian.
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Alberic Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O Kelly de Galway 17 May 1911 3 October 1980 was a Belgian chess Grandmaster 1956 an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster 1962 and the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess 1959 1962 He was also a chess writer Alberic O Kelly de GalwayO Kelly in 1961Full nameAlberic Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O Kelly de GalwayCountryBelgiumBorn 1911 05 17 17 May 1911Anderlecht BelgiumDied3 October 1980 1980 10 03 aged 69 Brussels BelgiumTitleFIDE Grandmaster 1956 ICCF Grandmaster 1962 ICCF World Champion1959 62FIDE rating2460 January 1977 ICCF rating2529 July 1992 Contents 1 Chess career 2 Ancestry 3 Legacy 4 Books 5 Notable games 6 References 7 External linksChess career editO Kelly won the Belgian championships thirteen times between 1937 and 1959 He placed first at Beverwijk 1946 In 1947 he became one of Europe s leading players having finished first at the 1947 European Zonal tournament at Hilversum tied for first place with Pirc at Teplice Sanov and tied for second at Venice The next year O Kelly finished first at Sao Paulo ahead of Eliskases and Rossetto He earned the title International Master IM in 1950 the first year the title was awarded He placed first at Dortmund 1951 O Kelly finished first at the round robin Utrecht 1961 with 6 9 followed by Karl Robatsch second with 6 points and Arthur Bisguier and Aleksandar Matanovic tied for third and fourth with 5 1 He took part in The Gijon International Chess Tournaments 1949 and 1956 achieving respectively 2nd and 4th places 2 In 1958 he was awarded the Belgian decoration of the Golden Palm of the Order of the Crown for his chess successes and the distinction he had brought to the nation 3 O Kelly was made an International Arbiter in 1962 and was the chief arbiter of the world championship matches between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969 In 1974 he was the arbiter for the Moscow Karpov Korchnoi match He spoke French Dutch German English Spanish and Russian fluently and also some Italian He published many books and articles often in languages other than French As a youth he took lessons from the legendary Akiba Rubinstein Ancestry editO Kelly was descended from John O Kelly an Irish born British army officer who was granted a nobility title in 1720 in what was then the Austrian Low Countries 4 Consequently he was often styled as Count O Kelly de Galway for example on the front cover of his 1965 book about Petrosian Legacy editThis section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves The O Kelly Variation in the Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6 5 is named after him Books editO Kelly de Galway Alberic Littlewood John 1965 Tigran Petrosian World Champion Elsevier ISBN 978 0 0801 1012 7 O Kelly de Galway Alberic 1969 The Sicilian Flank Game Najdorf Variation Batsford ISBN 978 0 7134 0351 0 O Kelly de Galway Alberic 1976 Assess Your Chess Fast From Expert to Master Batsford ISBN 978 0 7134 1055 6 O Kelly de Galway Alberic 1978 Improve Your Chess Fast Batsford ISBN 0 7134 1053 1Notable games editAlberic O Kelly de Galway vs Arnold Denker Mar del Plata 1948 Spanish Game Schliemann Defense Dyckhoff Variation C63 1 0 Christian Poulsen vs Alberic O Kelly de Galway Dubrovnik olm 1950 Sicilian Defense O Kelly Variation Normal System B28 0 1 Alberic O Kelly de Galway vs Jonathan Penrose Olympiad 1962 Sicilian Defense Paulsen Bastrikov Variation B47 Robert James Fischer vs Alberic O Kelly de Galway Havana CAP 1965 Spanish Game Marshall Attack Modern Variation C89 References editNotes Horowitz I A February 1962 The World of Chess Another for O Kelly Chess Review vol 30 no 2 p 35 Mendez Pedro amp Mendez Luis 2019 The Gijon International Chess Tournaments McFarland p 103 ISBN 978 1 4766 7659 3 Sunnucks Anne 1976 The Encyclopaedia of Chess 2nd Ed Hale p 336 ISBN 0709146973 Axel Klein 2014 O Kelly An Irish Musical Family in Nineteenth Century France BoD Books on Demand p 3 ISBN 978 3 7357 2310 9 Wall Bill Opening Names Bill Wall s Chess Page Archived from the original on 26 October 2009 Retrieved 30 June 2009 Bibliography Golombek Harry 1977 Golombek s Encyclopedia of Chess Crown Publishing p 219 ISBN 0 517 53146 1 Hooper David Whyld Kenneth 1992 The Oxford Companion to Chess 2nd ed Oxford University Press p 277 ISBN 0 19 280049 3 Van Cornil Etienne 2003 Portrait O Kelly Journal du C R E B pp unknownExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alberic O Kelly de Galway Alberic O Kelly de Galway player details at ICCF nbsp Alberic O Kelly de Galway player profile and games at Chessgames com Alberic O Kelly de Galway at ChessMail com at the Wayback Machine archived 23 May 2006 Biography in Dutch Visa with photo Preceded by nbsp Viacheslav Ragozin World Correspondence Chess Champion1959 1962 Succeeded by nbsp Vladimir Zagorovsky Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alberic O 27Kelly de Galway amp oldid 1220668278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
