Hartston William Roland (1947)

British International Master (1973) and twice British Champion (1973, 1975).

Best results: London Boy (Under-16) champion in 1962, Alicante 1973, Sarajevo 1976. especially good and consistent in his representation of England at the Olympiads. At

A member of the English team at the Olympiads from 1966 and 1974.

Hartston was a TV personality on BBC chess programs and a lucid and lively author.
His major works are: The Benoni (1969), The Gruenfeld (1971), The Best Games of C.H.O’D Alexander (1976, with Golombek), The Kings of Chess (1985) and many other. Chess columnist in the Independent and Daily Express.