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{{Short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| full_name   = Ronald Watson Henley
| country     = [[United States]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1956|12|5}}
| birth_place = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| title       = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1982)
| peakranking      = No. 48 (July 1983)
| peakrating  = 2505 (January 1985)
| FideID      = 2000318
}}

'''Ronald Watson Henley''' (born December 5, 1956, in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]) is an American [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]],<ref>{{chessgames player|id=42510}}</ref> writer, narrator and producer of chess videos,<ref name="chessvideo">[http://chessvideo.com/americanchessprincessesondvdimirinakrushetal-p-245.html American Chess Princesses! on DVD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202200358/http://chessvideo.com/americanchessprincessesondvdimirinakrushetal-p-245.html |date=2014-02-02 }}</ref> as well as financial funding trader. For highschool, he went to Lamar High in Arlington Texas. He now works at Miami Country Day School and manages a chess club there.
==Chess career==

Henley was awarded the [[International Master]] title in 1980, and the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] title in 1982. Henley appeared on the cover of Chess Life in 1982, representing the United States.<ref>{{fide|id=2000318|name=Ron Henley}}</ref> He earned the GM title while finishing equal first with [[Walter Browne]] in a 26-player [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] [[chess tournament|tournament]] in [[Surakarta]]/[[Denpasar]], [[Indonesia]],<ref>[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Surakarta_Denpasar_1982/22295 Surakarta/Denpasar, 1982]</ref> defeating Grandmaster [[Tony Miles]] in the last round.<ref>[http://www.365Chess.com 365Chess.com Tournament Results]</ref>

Henley was appointed by [[Garry Kasparov]] and [[Anatoly Karpov]] as President of the World Chess Champions Council Inc, a New York nonprofit organization that promotes chess in schools.<ref name="ichess">[https://www.ichess.net/about/grandmaster-ron-w-henley/ Grandmaster Ron W Henley]</ref>

===Champion chess trainer===
Henley has been a second, analyst and trainer for former [[World Chess Champion]] [[Anatoly Karpov]] in several matches in the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.anusha.com/elista.htm Elista Diaries, by Anatoly Karpov & Ron Henley]</ref><ref>[http://www.anusha.com www.anusha.com Book Review]</ref>

Henley has served as a chess trainer and promoter of leading young women chess players, including Three Time US Women's Chess Champion [[Irina Krush]].<ref name="ichess"/>

Ronald Henley, now inactive in competitive chess, tutors individuals.

==Chess publishing==
===Online chess videos===
In 2012, Henley was invited to join National Master William Stewart for the educational website called 'OnlineChessLessons'. Henley provides skills as a chess analyst to an international audience.<ref>[https://www.ichess.net/blog/gm-ron-w-henley-interview/ Ron Henley Joins ChessLessons.net]</ref> During COVID-19, Henley produced many videos and streams under the name 'HenChess'. He collaborated with many chess players such as Karpov to produce chess content.

===Chess DVDs===
Henley narrated the double-volume chess video, "American Chess Princesses".<ref name="chessvideo"/> In this video, Irina Krush, Elina Groberman, Laura Ross and Shirley Ben-Dak present some of their best games from the 1997 FIDE [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s held in Cannes, France.<ref>[http://www.houseofstaunton.com/win-like-kasparov-learn-to-play-chess-like-garry-kasparov.html Win Like Kasparov Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031521/http://www.houseofstaunton.com/win-like-kasparov-learn-to-play-chess-like-garry-kasparov.html |date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> In the late 1990s, Henley founded the site www.ChessSuperstore.com, which sponsored Irina Krush and [[Hikaru Nakamura]].

===Chess books===
* Elista Diaries: Karpov-Kamsky, Karpov-Anand, Anand Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches (with [[Anatoly Karpov]]) {{ISBN|0-923891-97-8}}
* Archangel!: A Defense Against the Ruy Lopez {{ISBN|1-883358-01-9}}
* The King's Indian Attack! {{ISBN|1-883358-02-7}}
* The Spanish Exchange! {{ISBN|1-883358-08-6}}
* The Dragon!: Powerplay {{ISBN|1-883358-06-X}}
* The ChessBase University BlueBook Guide to Winning with The King's Indian Attack! {{ISBN|1-883358-00-0}}
* Crushing White: The Dzindzi Indian! Volume 1: {{ISBN|978-1-935979-01-2}}

==Financial career==
As President of RWH Advisors, Henley acts as Special Consultant to Ultra High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices.<ref>[http://companies.findthecompany.com/l/569657/Rwh-Advisors-Inc-in-Fort-Lauderdale-FL 2013 RWH Advisors Company Info]</ref>

From 1985 through 2001, Henley was an [[American Stock Exchange]] Member, as a trader, market maker and specialist.<ref name="financialguide">[http://www.financialguide.com/Ron-Henley Mass Mutual Financial Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133744/http://www.financialguide.com/Ron-Henley |date=2014-02-02 }}</ref> Henley traded extensively in [[Altria|Phillip Morris]], [[Wells Fargo]] and [[Teva Pharmaceuticals]].

From 2001 to 2005, Henley was a founding partner and Head Trader of a [[statistical arbitrage]] family of hedge funds, with clients such as Bank of America, Gottex Fund of Funds and Aegon USA Insurance Company.{{cn|date=February 2020}}

Henley is an International Registered Financial Consultant, and went into business consulting where he joined the Board of Directors of several private companies including Quantum Genomics.{{cn|date=February 2020}} Henley is currently a member of the financial trading industry.<ref name="financialguide"/>

Henley has made presentations at several conferences in the financial industry, including 
* LightHouse Hedge Fund Conference 2003 
* GAIM 2010
* Raleigh NC 2010

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIDE|name=Ron Henley}}
* {{USCF|10393701|Ronald W. Henley}}
* {{OlimpBase FIDE ratings|Henley,%20Ron%20W.|Ron W. Henley}}
* {{Chessgames.com player|42510|Ron W. Henley}}
* {{365Chess.com player|Ron_W_Henley|Ron W. Henley}}
* [https://www.ichess.net/about/grandmaster-ron-w-henley/ About Grandmaster Ron W. Henley]
* {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130216104924/http://www.meetup.com/The-Chess-Club/events/94229102/ |title=An Evening with GM Ron Henley}}

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