Michael Hennigan (chess player)

Michael Hennigan
Personal information
Born (1970-10-08) October 8, 1970
Bristol, England
Chess career
CountryEngland
TitleInternational Master (1991)
Peak rating2465 (July 1994)

Michael T. Hennigan is an English chess player.

Chess career

In 1988, he won the U18 section of the World Youth Chess Championship.

In August 1993, he won the British Chess Championship alongside Dharshan Kumaran.[1] In the championship, he won the Raymond Mays Best Game Prize for his game against Chris Ward.[2]

In January 1994, he tied for third place with Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant and Matthew Sadler at the Hastings International Chess Congress.[3][4]

Personal life

He studied engineering at the University of Bristol.[1] He married Hungarian chess player Rita Zimmerman.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Hartston, William (August 14, 1993). "Student shares chess title stalemate".
  2. ^ Hartston, William (August 9, 1993). "Chess: Sicilian leads to deadly crushing".
  3. ^ Hartston, William (January 11, 1994). "Chess: Changing attack".
  4. ^ "1993 Hastings".
  5. ^ Blanco, Uvencio (December 24, 2023). "Rita Atkins: "Gender stereotypes are changing, but they are changing slowly"".
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