'David Vincent Hooper' (
31 August 1915- May 1998), born in
Reigate, was a
British chess player and writer. As an amateur, he tied for fifth place in the 1949
British Championship at
Felixstowe. He was the British
correspondence chess champion in 1944 and the London Chess Champion in 1948. He played in the
Chess Olympiad at Helsinki in 1952.
Hooper is an expert in the
chess endgame and in chess history of the
nineteenth century. He is best known for his chess writing, including ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'' (1992 with
Ken Whyld), ''Steinitz'' (Hamburg 1968, in German), and ''A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames'' (London 1970).
Books by Hooper
★ ''A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames'', by David Hooper, 1970, Bell & Hyman. ISBN 0-7135-1761-1.
★ ''A Guide to Chess Endings'', by Dr.
Max Euwe and David Hooper, 1959, 1976, Dover. ISBN 0-486-23332-4.
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