Kenneth Kirby

Kenneth Kirby (an haife shi a ranar 1 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 1915) ɗan wasan Chess ne na Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ya lashe gasar Chess ta Afirka ta Kudu sau biyu a (1959, 1963).

Kenneth Kirby
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1 Nuwamba, 1915 (108 shekaru)
Sana'a
Sana'a	chess player (en)

Tarihin Rayuwa

Daga tsakiyar shekarun 1950 zuwa tsakiyar 1960, Kirby ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan dara na Afirka ta Kudu. Ya halarci sau da yawa a gasar Chess ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma sau biyu ya lashe wannan gasa, a cikin shekarar 1959 (an raba shi da Wolfgang Heidenfeld ) da 1963 (an raba tare da Kees van der Meyden). Kirby kuma ya lashe Gasar Wasannin Chess na Afirka ta Kudu na 6 (1955–1956) da 7th (1957–1958). A cikin watan Afrilu 1956 a Durban, ya ci Natal Open Chess Championship na farko tare da cikakken maki na 8/8.

Kirby ya taka leda a Afirka ta Kudu a gasar Chess Olympiads:

• A cikin shekarar 1958, a third board a gasar Chess Olympiad ta 13 a Munich (+3, = 6, -5),
• A cikin shekarar 1964, a second board a cikin 16th Chess Olympiad a Tel Aviv (+2, = 1, -5).