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Ian Rogers (born 24 June 1960, Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian chess grandmaster (1985) and FIDE Senior Trainer (2005). ==Career== Rogers is regarded as the first Australian to become a chess Grandmaster. (Walter Browne achieved the title earlier, but grew up in the USA and represented Australia only from 1969-72). Rogers attained the Grandmaster title in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980. He was Australia's highest rated player for over twenty years, and represented Australia at fourteen chess olympiads (twelve of them on first board).〔(OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Ian Rogers )〕 Rogers won more than a hundred and twenty tournaments including fifteen round-robin Grandmaster tournaments. He won the Australian Chess Championship four times - in 1980, 1986, 1998, and 2006. He retired on medical advice in 2007. Among his career highlights are three consecutive victories from 1988 to 1990 in the Grandmaster tournament in Groningen (outright by a clear point in 1988 and 1989, and jointly in 1990). Before turning professional, Rogers completed a BSc (Meteorology) from the University of Melbourne. He is married to Cathy Rogers, herself an International Arbiter, Woman FIDE Master, and a lawyer.〔( Relatives of Chessplayers )〕 Throughout his competitive career and more so since his retirement from competitive chess (in July 2007〔(GM Ian Rogers retires a winner ), chessexpress blog by Shaun Press, 8-Jul-2007〕), Rogers has reported on many tournaments for various media outlets, with photographic assistance from Cathy Rogers. He was a panelist for BBC television during their 1993 World Championship coverage and covered numerous major championships for news agency Reuters. Rogers has also worked as a public commentator at high level tournaments around the world. He is a distant cousin of Australian cricketer Chris Rogers.〔(For this couple, chess is a game for life ), Hindustan Times, 17 November 2013〕 〔(Australian Chess Open ), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1 Jan 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Rogers (chess player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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