Peter Clarke (chess player)

Peter Hugh Clarke started playing chess at the age of six.

He participated in the British Chess Championship multiple times, winning five silver medals.

Thanks to his good knowledge of the Russian language, he translated a book about Vasily Smyslov in 1958.

[3] Clarke played for England in the Chess Olympiads:[4] He also played for England in the World Student Team Chess Championship (1954, 1959)[5] and in the Clare Benedict Cup (1960–1961, 1963, 1965, 1967–1968) where he won a team silver medal (1960) and four bronze medals (1961, 1963, 1967, 1968).

[6] In later years, Clarke actively participated in correspondence chess tournaments.