Joseph Gerard Gallagher (born May 4 1964) is a British Chess International Grandmaster and former British Champion, as well as a chess author. Born to Irish parents Norah and Patrick, Gallagher was the eldest child (his sisters Catherine, Noreen, Pauline and Marie, and brother Stephen also played chess). His sister Marie also played chess to an international standard at age 11. He played for many years on the European chess circuit, before marrying and moving to Neuchâtel in Switzerland, taking Swiss nationality, being awarded the title of Grandmaster, and then winning the British Chess Championship in 2001 and the Swiss Chess Championship in 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005 and 2007. Gallagher is a noted author on various aspects of chess opening theory, being an expert on the King's Indian Defence as black and the King's Gambit as white. Gallagher was one of four writers of the popular volume Nunn's Chess Openings (Everyman Chess 1999). Gallagher is also interested in poker.
Books
- Gallagher, Joe (1992), Winning With the King's Gambit, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-6944-7
- Gallagher, Joe (1995), The Samisch King's Indian, Batsford, ISBN 0-8050-3902-7
- Gallagher, Joe (1998), The Trompovsky, Chess Press, ISBN 1-901259-09-9
- Gallagher, Joe (2000), 101 Attacking Ideas in Chess, Gambit Publications, ISBN 1-901983-20-X
- Gallagher, Joe (2001), The Magic of Mikhail Tal, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-266-0
- Gallagher, Joe (2002), Starting Out: the Caro-Kann, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-303-9
- Gallagher, Joe (2002), Starting Out: King's Indian, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-234-2
- Gallagher, Joe (2003), Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-336-5
- Gallagher, Joe (2004), Play the King's Indian, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-324-0
External links
- FIDE rating card for Joseph Gallagher
- Joseph Gallagher at ChessGames.com
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
