Hooper David Vincent (31.08.1915 – 03.05.1998)

British architect and author. British Correspondence Chess Champion in 1944.

OTB winner of Blackpool in 1944 and of the London championship in 1958. He played five times in the British championship, perhaps coming closest to winning at Nottingham in 1954. He led in the early stages, but around 8 defeat by Gerald Abrahams seemed to demoralize him, and he ended third, a half point behind the joint winners.

David was in the British Olympic team at Helsinki in 1952, and in the same year accidentally played top board for England in one of the then traditional ten-board matches against The Netherlands. Author of

The author of Practical Chess Endgame, with Brandreth, A Guide to Chess Ending with Euwe (1960), A Guide to Chess Opening with Euwe (1965),  The Unknown Capablanca, Steinitz(1968), Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames (1970) and The Oxford Companion to Chess with Ken Whyld (1984).