Jonathan Rowson

Jonathan Rowson

male, 32 years old
Oxford University, Chess for Zebras, Understanding the Grunfeld, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins, British champion, Scottish Chess Championship…BritishChessChampionship, Chess Olympiad, British chess Grandmaster, chess, chess player
Jonathan Rowson (born 18 April 1977 in Aberdeen) is Scotland's 3rd chess Grandmaster, after Paul Motwani and Colin McNab, and has played board 1 at...
Michael Adams

Michael Adams

male, 38 years old
Old Truronian, Fédération Internationale des Échecs, BritishChessChampionship, British Championship, FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, Professional Chess Association…2004 FIDE Championship, Chess grandmaster, British chess Grandmaster, World Championship, World Chess Championship
Michael Adams is an International Grandmaster of chess. On the July 2007 FIDE rating list he is number fifteen in the world with an Elo rating of...

David Howell

male, 19 years old
Old Eastbournian, Rilton Cup, British Chess Federation, blitz chess, BritishChessChampionship, International Grandmaster…British chess Grandmaster, British, chess, chess player
David Howell (b. November 14, 1990) is the youngest FIDE Grandmaster of chess in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during...
Jon Speelman

Jon Speelman

male, 53 years old
Candidates' Tournament, grandmaster, Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford, Worcester College, Oxford, mathematics, Interzonal…BritishChessChampionship, Batsford Chess Endings, World Chess Championship, chess player, Chess grandmaster
Jonathan Simon Speelman (born October 2, 1956) is an English chess player, a Grandmaster. He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He studied...
Jonathan Penrose

Jonathan Penrose

male, 76 years old
Psychologist, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, International Master, 19th Chess Olympiad, BritishChessChampionship, correspondence chess…British chess Grandmaster, chess player
Jonathan Penrose (born October 7th 1933, in Colchester) is an English chess player (International Master (1961) and International Correspondence...

Chris Ward

male, 41 years old
chess player, Dragon Variation, Starting Out Rook Endings, Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation, British Championship, BritishChessChampionship…British chess Grandmaster, British, chess, Everyman Chess
Chris Ward (March 26, 1968) is a British chess Grandmaster, chess coach, and author. He won the British Championship in 1996. He is the author of...
Joseph Gallagher

Joseph Gallagher

male, 45 years old
Swiss Chess Championship, grandmaster, chess opening theory, King's Indian Defence, Joseph Gerard Gallagher, BritishChessChampionship…British chess Grandmaster, British, chess, chess opening, chess player
Joseph Gerard Gallagher is a British Chess International Grandmaster and former British Champion. Born to Irish parents Norah and Patrick,...

William Hartston

male, 62 years old
karpov, Korchnoi, kasparov, International Grandmaster, Elo rating, BritishChessChampionship…British, chess, chess player, Play Chess
William Roland Hartston (born London August 12, 1947) is an English chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo...
Mir Sultan Khan

Mir Sultan Khan

male, deceased (1966)
Indian, Aaron Nimzowitsch, Ksawery Tartakower, BritishChessChampionship, Algebraic chess notation, Chess Olympiad…British, chess, World Chess Champion, chess player
Mir Sultan Khan was generally considered to have been the strongest chess master of his time from Asia. He was also the first Asian chess master...
Harry Golombek

Harry Golombek

male, deceased (1995)
Candidates' Tournament, Interzonal, International Master, writer, Chess Olympiad, capablanca…chess, British, chess player, BritishChessChampionship, British Chess Magazine
Harry Golombek OBE (March 11911-January 7 1995), was a British chess International Master and honorary grandmaster, chess arbiter, and chess...