Adrian Hollis

Adrian Swayne Hollis (born 2 August 1940 in Bristol, England; died 26 February 2013 in Wells, England), was a distinguished classical scholar and an English correspondence chess grandmaster (title awarded in 1976).

Hollis represented England for five consecutive years at the World Student Chess Olympiad, from 1960 to 1964 inclusive. In 1960, at Leningrad, he played first reserve board, scoring (+2 =2 -3). In 1961, at Helsinki, he played second board, scoring (+3 =3 -4). In 1962, at Marianske Lazne, he played first board, scoring (+5 =6 -1). In 1963, at Budva, he played first board, scoring (+6 =3 -0), winning the gold medal for the best score on his board. In 1964, at Cracow, he played first board, scoring (+4 =3 -3).

He was British Correspondence Chess Champion in 1966 (jointly), 1967, and 1971; in 1982-87 he won the Ninth Correspondence Chess Olympiad, and in 1998 the World Postal Team Chess Championship as a member of the British team.

He represented Oxford University Chess Club in four annual Varsity chess matches (1959–1962), playing on the top board in the 1961 and 1962 matches. He also played in the (over the board) British Chess Championship a number of times during the 1960s, with a best placing of seventh equal (in 1961).

He was educated as a King's Scholar at Eton College, where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1958. He then studied Classics at Christ Church, Oxford.

In 1964–1967 he was Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Humanity at St Andrews University. He moved back to Oxford to become a University Lecturer in Classics at Oxford University and a Tutorial Fellow of Keble College, Oxford in 1967 and remained there until his retirement in 2007.

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