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This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:English bowls players and Category:Scottish bowls players and Category:Welsh bowls players The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on ... (England, Israel, Switzerland, 1934–2009) Nick ...
Category: Chess in England. ... English chess players (2 C, 176 P) Pages in category "Chess in England" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
This chess event was the first time in almost 15 years that the two GMs had played chess together on British soil. [15] Overall, he scored 3½/6, conceding one loss to GM Zhang Pengxiang (ELO 2649, at the match) in round four. The UK team lost the match to China, who had also defeated a Russian chess team a few weeks before, 20–28. [17]
In 1993, he became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the PCA world championship in London, where Kasparov won 12½ to 7½. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess.
By July 2010, her sustained good form had elevated her to an Elo rating of 2433, making her England's second ranked woman player (behind Harriet Hunt) and number fifty-one in the world among active female players. Further British Championship victories were achieved in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (1995–2005) England: Luke McShane: 2713 2012-07 1984 97 England: Nigel Short: 2712 2004-04 1965 Formerly highest-ranked English player (1987–1998) England: David Howell: 2712 2015-08 1990 Egypt: Bassem Amin: 2712 2019-01 1988 Highest-ranked Egyptian player (since 2012), highest-ranked African player ...