Anthony Ker
Anthony Fergus Ker is a New Zealand chess International Master.
Chess career
Ker has represented New Zealand in eight Chess Olympiads between 1988 and 2018. His best result was in 1988 when he scored 7½/12.Ker has won or jointly won the New Zealand Chess Championship fourteen times since 1988/89.
Anthony Ker was awarded the IM title when he finished third, with 6/9, in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship held in Auckland, New Zealand in May 2000. He also competed in the Oceania Chess Championships in 2002, 2005 and 2012.
Ker has had a decades-long friendly rivalry with fellow IM and NZ Champion Russell Dive, with an almost level score and high number of decisive games.