Ron Henley (chess player)
| Ron Henley | |
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| Full name | Ronald Watson Henley |
| Country | United States |
| Born | December 5, 1956 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Title | Grandmaster (1982) |
| FIDE rating | 2414 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2505 (January 1985) |
Ronald Watson Henley (born December 5, 1956, in Houston, Texas) is an American chess grandmaster,[1] writer, narrator and producer of chess videos,[2] as well as financial funding trader. For highschool, he went to Lamar High in Arlington Texas. He now works at Miami Country Day School and manages a chess club there.
Chess career
[edit]Henley was awarded the International Master title in 1980, and the Grandmaster title in 1982. Henley appeared on the cover of Chess Life in 1982, representing the United States.[3] He earned the GM title while finishing equal first with Walter Browne in a 26-player round-robin tournament in Surakarta/Denpasar, Indonesia,[4] defeating Grandmaster Tony Miles in the last round.[5]
Henley was appointed by Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov as President of the World Chess Champions Council Inc, a New York nonprofit organization that promotes chess in schools.[6]
Champion chess trainer
[edit]Henley has been a second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in several matches in the 1990s.[7][8]
Henley has served as a chess trainer and promoter of leading young women chess players, including Three Time US Women's Chess Champion Irina Krush.[6]
Ronald Henley, now inactive in competitive chess, tutors individuals.
Chess publishing
[edit]Online chess videos
[edit]In 2012, Henley was invited to join National Master William Stewart for the educational website called 'OnlineChessLessons'. Henley provides skills as a chess analyst to an international audience.[9]During Covid-19 Henley produced many videos and streams under the name 'HenChess'. He collaborated with many chess players such as Karpov to produce chess content.
Chess DVDs
[edit]Henley narrated the double-volume chess video, "American Chess Princesses".[2] In this video, Irina Krush, Elina Groberman, Laura Ross and Shirley Ben-Dak present some of their best games from the 1997 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships held in Cannes, France.[10] In the late 1990s, Henley founded the site www.ChessSuperstore.com, which sponsored Irina Krush and Hikaru Nakamura.
Chess books
[edit]- Elista Diaries: Karpov-Kamsky, Karpov-Anand, Anand Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches (with Anatoly Karpov) ISBN 0-923891-97-8
- Archangel!: A Defense Against the Ruy Lopez ISBN 1-883358-01-9
- The King's Indian Attack! ISBN 1-883358-02-7
- The Spanish Exchange! ISBN 1-883358-08-6
- The Dragon!: Powerplay ISBN 1-883358-06-X
- The ChessBase University BlueBook Guide to Winning with The King's Indian Attack! ISBN 1-883358-00-0
- Crushing White: The Dzindzi Indian! Volume 1: ISBN 978-1-935979-01-2
Financial career
[edit]As President of RWH Advisors, Henley acts as Special Consultant to Ultra High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices.[11]
From 1985 through 2001, Henley was an American Stock Exchange Member, as a trader, market maker and specialist.[12] Henley traded extensively in Phillip Morris, Wells Fargo and Teva Pharmaceuticals.
From 2001 to 2005, Henley was a founding partner and Head Trader of a statistical arbitrage family of hedge funds, with clients such as Bank of America, Gottex Fund of Funds and Aegon USA Insurance Company.[citation needed]
Henley is an International Registered Financial Consultant, and went into business consulting where he joined the Board of Directors of several private companies including Quantum Genomics.[citation needed] Henley is currently a member of the financial trading industry.[12]
Henley has made presentations at several conferences in the financial industry, including
- LightHouse Hedge Fund Conference 2003
- GAIM 2010
- Raleigh NC 2010
References
[edit]- ^ Ron Henley player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- ^ a b American Chess Princesses! on DVD Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ron Henley rating card at FIDE
- ^ Surakarta/Denpasar, 1982
- ^ 365Chess.com Tournament Results
- ^ a b Grandmaster Ron W Henley
- ^ Elista Diaries, by Anatoly Karpov & Ron Henley
- ^ www.anusha.com Book Review
- ^ Ron Henley Joins ChessLessons.net
- ^ Win Like Kasparov Biography Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2013 RWH Advisors Company Info
- ^ a b Mass Mutual Financial Group Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Ron Henley rating card at FIDE
- Ronald W. Henley rating and tournament record at US Chess Federation
- Ron W. Henley FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Ron W. Henley player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Ron W. Henley chess games at 365Chess.com
- About Grandmaster Ron W. Henley
- An Evening with GM Ron Henley at archive.today (archived 2013-02-16)
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