# Calvin Blocker

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{{short description|American chess player (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox chess player
|name = Calvin Blocker
|image= File:IMCalvinBlocker (cropped).jpg
|caption= Calvin Blocker giving a simultaneous exhibition in [Akron, Ohio](/source/Akron%2C_Ohio) in 2008
|country = [United States](/source/United_States)
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|28}} 
|birth_place = [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
|death_date = 
|death_place = 
|title = [International Master](/source/International_Master) (1982)
|peakrating = 2435 (January 1979)
}}

'''Calvin Barry Blocker''' (born 1955 in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio)) is an American [chess](/source/chess) player.  He earned his Fide Master title in 1981 and International Master title in 1982. The winner of a record 15 Ohio championships, Blocker dominated Ohio chess during the 1980s, winning the title every year from 1981 through 1989 except 1983, when he did not participate. He most recently won the championship in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://besteversportstalk.blogspot.com/2015/01/history-of-ohio-chess-congress.html|title = In the Arena: Ruminations About Competition: History of the Ohio Chess Congress|date = 3 January 2015}}</ref> Blocker is also the [Ohio](/source/Ohio) state record holder for simultaneous games, having amassed 110 wins and 6 draws in a single exhibition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/blockers-gambit/Content?oid=1492313 |title=Blocker's Gambit | first=James |last=Renner |date=5 October 2005 |work=Cleveland Scene}}</ref> Well known as a coach, he has taught several high-profile chess players, including [Marc Esserman](/source/Marc_Esserman).

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Category:American chess players
Category:Chess International Masters
Category:Sportspeople from Cleveland
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Category:Living people
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