Jeremy Silman
American chess player
Died when: 69 years 24 days (828 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Jeremy Silman (born August 28, 1954) was an American International Master (IM) of chess and writer.Silman was born in Del Rio, Texas.
He began playing chess at the age of 12.He has won the American Open, the National Open, and the U.S.
Open, and was the coach of the US junior national chess team.He attained the IM title in 1988.Silman has written over 35 books, mostly on chess but also on casino gambling, and has written articles for chess magazines such as Chess Life and New in Chess.
He has also written many chess mentoring puzzles on the chess.com website.Silman is the professor in a video chess course produced by The Teaching Company as part of its Great Courses series.
Silman served as a chess consultant on the 2001 Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Monk, and Malcolm in the Middle.
However, Silman was uncredited for his work on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.Silman is also said to have been involved in the Haight-Ashbury scene in the 1970s.
The preface to his Endgame Course mentions this, and fellow chess players Daniel King and Ronan Bennett allude to this in a newspaper column from 2007.
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