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Nigel Davies
Nigel Davies is an English chess grandmaster, chess coach and writer, born in 1960.
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- Born
- 31 July 1960, Southport
- Occupation
- chess player, chess coach, writer, coach
Nigel Davies was born in 1960 in Southport
Nigel Davies was born on 31 July 1960 in Southport, England.
He won the British Under-21 Boys Championship in 1979. He became an International Master in 1982 and a Grandmaster in 1993. In 1987 he won the British Rapidplay Chess Championship.
Davies also works as a chess coach and has written many chess books. They include The Chess Player's Battle Manual in 1998, The Grünfeld Defence in 2002 and Play the Catalan in 2009.
He stopped playing competitive chess in 2009. In July 2015 he moved his FIDE registration from England to Wales, and in 2022 he moved it back to England.
Nigel Davies's life in 8 milestones
- 1960
Born in Southport.
- 1979
Won the British Under-21 Boys Championship.
- 1982
Became an International Master.
- 1987
Won the British Rapidplay Chess Championship.
- 1993
Became a Grandmaster.
- 2009
Stopped playing competitive chess.
- 2015
Moved his FIDE registration to Wales.
- 2022
Moved his FIDE registration back to England.
These 6 people share a field, a unit or a party with Nigel Davies
Rachamim Talbiborn 1943Maccabi Tel Aviv right wingerSports
Yochanan Afekborn 1952International titles in five chess areasSports
Boris Avrukhborn 1978Two Israeli Chess Championship titlesSports
Boris Gelfandborn 1968The 2012 World Championship matchSports
Ilya Smirinborn 1968Israeli chess championshipsSports
Leonid Yudasinborn 1959Israeli chess champion 1994 and 1996Sports
Based on English Wikipedia, Nigel Davies (chess player) and Hebrew Wikipedia, נייג'ל דייוויס, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
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