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Maurice W. Johnson is a retired English International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Maurice played chess from an early age, going on to compete in over-the-board tournaments in Southampton, England during the 1960s, becoming club champion in 1969.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southampton Club Champions 1921 - 2011 )〕 By the 1980s, Johnson had moved into Correspondence Chess playing domestic and international tournaments, winning the British Correspondence Chess Association championship title as an outright winner for 3 consecutive years in 1989, 1990, and 1991,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BCCA Brief History )〕 remaining the only player to do so since it started in 1906. This achievement saw him awarded the BCCA Millards Silver King Trophy but Johnson donated the trophy back to the British Correspondence Chess Association some time later, where it has since remained in storage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BCCA Silver Trophies )〕 Maurice W. Johnson achieved the IM norm (International Master) in 1994 and the GM norm (Grandmaster) in 1995,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ICCF Player Details: Johnson, Maurice W. )〕 whilst playing the SSKK-Bulletinen 40 Years tournament〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ICCF Results )〕 and went on to play in the World Championship 3/4 Final in 1999,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ICCF Player Details, Events: Johnson, Maurice W. )〕 achieving a personal ICCF rating of 2618 in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ICCF Player Details, Ratings: Johnson, Maurice W. )〕 During 1997 Johnson wrote the article "How I became a CC grandmaster" for the inaugural issue of the Correspondence Chess magazine ''Chess Mail''. ==References== 〔 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「Maurice W. Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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