# Peter Markland

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{{short description|English chess player (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name        = Peter Markland
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| birth_name   = Peter Richard Markland
| country     = [England](/source/England)
| birth_date  = {{Birth-date and age|13 April 1951}}
| birth_place = [Bolton](/source/Bolton), Lancashire, England
| title       = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[ICCF Grandmaster](/source/ICCF_Grandmaster) (1984)|[FIDE Master](/source/FIDE_Master) (2021)}}
| rating      = [http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Markland,%20Peter%20R..html 2390] (May 1974)
| peakrating  = 2510 (July 1971)
| peakranking  = No. 63 (July 1971)
| ICCF_rating = [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=210048&tab=3 2418] (July 1992)
}}

'''Peter Richard Markland''' (born 13 April 1951 in [Bolton](/source/Bolton), Lancashire) is a British chess player. He was a member of the British team at the [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad)s in 1972 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/77vjbd3n.html |title=Men's Chess Olympiads :: Peter Richard Markland |website=OlimpBase.org |accessdate=26 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="birthday">{{cite web |last=Upham |first=John |date=13 April 2020 |title=Happy Birthday Peter Richard Markland (13-iv-1951) |url=http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/13/happy-birthday-to-peter-richard-markland-13-iv-1951/ |access-date=2020-09-24 |website=British Chess News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Markland was listed as the highest ranked British chess player in the first official [FIDE](/source/FIDE) [Elo](/source/Elo_rating_system) list, published in July 1971.<ref name="birthday" />

Since 1984, Markland is an [ICCF Grandmaster](/source/ICCF_Grandmaster).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Markland, Peter Richard |url=https://www.iccf.com/player?id=210048 |access-date=2020-09-24 |website=[ICCF.com](/source/ICCF.com)}}</ref> He is also an [FIDE Master](/source/FIDE_Master) since 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/400408 |title=Markland, Peter R |website=[FIDE.com](/source/FIDE.com) |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>

He worked as a banker and lives in [Woodbridge](/source/Woodbridge%2C_Suffolk), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk).<ref name="birthday" />

== Bibliography ==
* ''The Best of Karpov'' (1975)
* ''The Sicilian Richter-Rauzer'' [with [Tim Harding](/source/Tim_Harding_(chess_player))] (1975)
* ''Sicilian: ...E5'' [with [Tim Harding](/source/Tim_Harding_(chess_player))] (1976)

==References ==
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==External links==
* {{FIDE|name=Peter R. Markland}}
* {{ICCF|name=Peter Richard Markland}}
* {{Chessgames.com player|name=Peter Richard Markland}}

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Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:English chess players
Category:Correspondence chess grandmasters
Category:Chess FIDE Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Sportspeople from Bolton

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