Kenneth Kirby

Kenneth Kirby
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1 Nuwamba, 1915 (108 shekaru)
Sana'a
Sana'a	chess player (en)

Kenneth Kirby (an haife shi a ranar 1 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 1915) ɗan wasan Chess ne na Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ya lashe gasar Chess ta Afirka ta Kudu sau biyu a (1959, 1963).

Tarihin Rayuwa

Daga tsakiyar shekarun 1950 zuwa tsakiyar 1960, Kirby ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan dara na Afirka ta Kudu. Ya halarci sau da yawa a gasar Chess ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma sau biyu ya lashe wannan gasa, a cikin shekarar 1959 (an raba shi da Wolfgang Heidenfeld ) da 1963 (an raba tare da Kees van der Meyden). Kirby kuma ya lashe Gasar Wasannin Chess na Afirka ta Kudu na 6 (1955–1956) da 7th (1957–1958). A cikin watan Afrilu 1956 a Durban, ya ci Natal Open Chess Championship na farko tare da cikakken maki na 8/8.

Kirby ya taka leda a Afirka ta Kudu a gasar Chess Olympiads:

• A cikin shekarar 1958, a third board a gasar Chess Olympiad ta 13 a Munich (+3, = 6, -5),
• A cikin shekarar 1964, a second board a cikin 16th Chess Olympiad a Tel Aviv (+2, = 1, -5).