Nick Patterson was a child chess prodigy. He won the Irish Chess Championship in 1969.<unk> He won the Irish Chess Championship in 1969.<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
1970 Siegen Chess Olympiad, where he played top board for Ireland, he met the Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen, who was one of the top 10 players in the world at the time, and managed to make a draw after 93 moves.