Gordon Crown

Gordon Thomas Crown
Personal information
BornGordon Thomas Crown
(1929-06-20)20 June 1929
Liverpool, England
Died17 November 1947(1947-11-17) (aged 18)
Chess career
CountryUnited Kingdom

Gordon Thomas Crown (20 June 1929 – 17 November 1947) was a promising British chess player who died of appendicitis at the age of eighteen. He is best known for his win against the Russian Grandmaster Alexander Kotov shortly before his death.

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