David Vincent Hooper (31 August 1915 – 3 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.
Hooper was one of eight children and attended the Whitgift School, Croydon.
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 1950).
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