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Birth Name:

Leonard Barden

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Aug 20, 1929

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Age:

94

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

26°

Leo

55'

About Leonard Barden

Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read modern history. He learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid. Within a few years he became one of the country's leading juniors. He represented England in four Chess Olympiads. Barden played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s. He is a chess columnist for various newspapers. His column in London's Evening Standard is the world's longest-running daily chess column by the same author.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Leonard Barden: Sun 26 Leo, Moon 27 Aquarius, Mercury 15 Virgo, Venus 17 Cancer, Mars 29 Virgo, Jupiter 13 Gemini, Saturn 23 Sagittarius, Uranus 10 Aries, Neptune 0 Virgo, Pluto 18 Cancer, Sun Trine Saturn, Sun Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Sun Conjunct Neptune, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Semi Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Leonard Barden: Living people, Chess Olympiad competitors, August 20 births, Oxford, Alumni of Balliol College, English male non-fiction writers, British chess players, English columnists, People from Croydon, British chess writers, 1929 births, People educated at Whitgift School