Craig W Pritchett is a Scottish chessInternational Master who has written several chess books. He was educated at Allan Glen's School, where he was a prominent member of the chess club and represented the school in several tournaments. He has represented Scotland nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1966-1990. He has won the Scottish Chess Championships on two occasions, and played in two tournaments. He is also a chess coach.
Team results for Scotland
Pritchett represented Scotland three times in Student Olympiads, from 1968-1970. Here are his detailed results, from olimpbase.org:
Pritchett represented Scotland nine times+Malta 1980 in Chess Olympiads, from 1966-1990. Here are his detailed results, from olimpase.org. His totals in 117 games are, for 56.4 per cent.
Pritchett has been Scottish champion on at least two occasions. He became an International Master in 1976. Here are his detailed results, from https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www/.chessmetrics.com, the Craig Pritchett player file.
Oban 2005, finished 2nd to Jacob Aagaard, who was playing 'hors concours', so Pritchett was awarded the title (https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www.chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa06a07d.htm%29.
Pritchett has competed many times in the British Chess Championships, with generally solid results, qualifying twice to Zonal tournaments. Here are his detailed results, from https://web.archive.org/web/20050411000000/http://www.chessmetrics.com/, the Craig Pritchett player file.
Morecambe 1975, 6.5/11, tied 6-9th places, qualified for Zonal at Pula 1975, where he improved on his earlier showing with 7.5/14 for a tied 7-9th place, but did not advance to the Interzonal stage;
Pritchett co-authored the book Best Games of the Young Grandmasters with Danny Kopec. Pritchett wrote Nimzo Indian 4.e3: Nimzowitsch, Hubner, and Taimanov Variations. Another book co-authored with Kopec is Chess World Contenders and Their Styles. A more recent book is Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen, published in 2006; he wrote the first edition of this book in 1977. A forthcoming title from Pritchett in January 2008 is Play the English: A CompleteChess Opening Repertoire for White. Pritchett is the chess columnist for the Glasgow Herald.
