Jonathan Penrose (born October 7th 1933, in Colchester) is an English chess player (International Master (1961) and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1983) who won the British Chess Championship ten times from 1958 to 1969. He is the son of Lionel Penrose and brother of Roger Penrose and Oliver Penrose. He is a psychologist and university lecturer by profession. Penrose was the leading British player for several years in the 1960s and early 70s, winning the British Championship a record number of times. He was of near grandmaster standard, but did not achieve the title in over-the-board play, despite some notable victories (principally beating the world champion, Tal, at the 1960 Leipzig Olympiad: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.h3 Nbd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Ng3 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Qf3 Nfd7 16.Be3 b5 17.axb5 Rb8 18.Qf2 axb5 19.e5 dxe5 20.f5 Bb7 21.Rad1 Ba8 22.Nce4 Na4 23.Bxa4 bxa4 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qf7+ Kh8 26.Nc5 Qa7 27.Qxd7 Qxd7 28.Nxd7 Rxb2 29.Nb6 Rb3 30.Nxc4 Rd8 31.d6 Rc3 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Bd5 34.Nb6 Bb3 35.Ne4 h6 36.d7 Bf8 37.Rc8 Be7 38.Bc5 Bh4 39.g3 1-0 and scoring +10 =5 on first board at the 1968 Lugano Olympiad). Penrose suffered from nerves (he collapsed at the 1970 Olympiad in the midst of a tense game). He moved instead to Correspondence chess, where he was successful, winning the grandmaster title. He was the best postal player in 1987-89 and led his country to victory in the 9th Correspondence Olympiad[1]
