Jonathan Berry was born on September 11,1953 and is a Canadian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, a FIDE Master, a FIDE International Arbiter, and a chess administrator, writer and editor.
14 Facts About Jonathan Berry
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Jonathan Berry is the only Canadian ever to hold international titles for over-the-board chess, correspondence chess, and chess arbiter.
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Jonathan Berry represented the University of British Columbia at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships, Montreal 1969; he graduated from UBC in 1973.
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Filling-in on the Canadian team for the 1982 Lucerne Chess Olympiad due to a family emergency of one of the players, Jonathan Berry played two games on second reserve board, drawing both of them.
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Jonathan Berry was awarded the title of International Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess by the International Correspondence Chess Federation in 1985.
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Jonathan Berry began to assist in running tournaments in his teens.
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Jonathan Berry was vacationing in Mexico in 1973 when he was asked to direct the Mexican Zonal qualifier.
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Jonathan Berry then ran the first Pan American Individual Championship at Winnipeg 1974, the 1974 Canadian Junior Championship in Vancouver, and Vancouver 1975, an international tournament with 320 players that was won by Keres.
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Jonathan Berry became involved at the Olympiad level later that same year in Thessaloniki.
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Jonathan Berry returned to the Olympiad in 1996 Yerevan, 2000 Istanbul, and 2004 Calvia.
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Jonathan Berry was assistant arbiter for the seven Candidates' matches at the 1988 World Chess Festival, Saint John, New Brunswick, the largest chess event ever held in Canada.
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Jonathan Berry helped to run the 1988 World Rapid Championships in Mazatlan.
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Jonathan Berry oversaw three Canadian Open Chess Championships: Winnipeg 1986, Kapuskasing 2003, and Ottawa 2007, where a record 22 grandmasters participated and where he introduced for the first time in Canada the Capelle la Grande pairing system.
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Jonathan Berry was inducted into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame in 2001.