Wade, Robert Graham (10.04.1921 – 29.11.2008)
English born-New Zealander International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1958). OBE. Chess author, columnist and coach. FIDE Honorary Member (2001). Champion of New Zealand in 1944 and 1945, British Champion in 1952 and 1970.
Best results: Venice 1950, 5th-7th and 1957, 2nd-5th; Bognor-Ridges 1958, 1st-3rd; Cienfuegos (Capablanca Memorial) 1975, 5th. In 1950, he drew a match with Lothar Schmid (GER) (5-5).
Between 1954-62 and in 1972, he was a member of the British team in six Olympiads and took part in the match USSR-England in 1954 (at board 3).
Bob was involved in the World Championship cycle as an arbiter and administrator from 1950. He was also an arbiter for many important FIDE events, including the Olympiads, many of the strong Opens in England, USSR vs the Rest of the World in 1984 and the 1993 Kasparov vs Short World Championship match.
The author of : Botvinnik-Bronstein (with Winter, 1951), Petrosian-Botvinnik (1963), Soviet Chess (1967), The Chess Player (1968), World Chess Championship: Botvinnik to Kasparov (with Whiteley and Keene, 1986).
