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Full name: Jonathan Rowson Title: Grandmaster Born: 1977 Federation: Scotland Jonathan Rowson is the tenth highest ranked Chess player from the United Kingdom and the Scottish number one. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1999 and reached a career high of world number 139 in the middle of 2005 when he was at the peak of his powers. He has ...
Full name: John Dunn Title: Grandmaster Born: 1955 Federation: England John Nunn is a veteran of the game of Chess and one of the most respected players in the world. The grandmaster has had a fantastic career and was one of the best players around before the turn of the century with his best performances coming during this period. He has four Ches...
Full name: Jonathan Hawkins Title: Grandmaster Born: 1983 Federation: England Jonathan Hawkins is a real all-rounder after winning British titles in both the standard format and rapid time format. His rise to prominence in the world of a chess came as a surprise to many as, unlike many of his peers, he didn’t a compete at a high level as a child. A...
Full name: Julian Hodgson Title: Grandmaster Born: 227 Federation: England Despite not playing competitively for nearly 20 years, Julian Hodgson is still remarkably the 7th highest ranked player in England. This is. in large, due to how successful he was during his playing years. As a child he became the British u21 champion at just 14 years of age...
Full name: Nigel Short Title: Grandmaster Born: 1965 Federation: England Nigel Short is one of the most famous names in British Chess and received an MBE from the Queen in 1999 for his services to the sport. Although he is now the vice president of FIDE and a commentator, he can look back on a superb playing career. Arguably the highlight of his il...
Full name: David Howell Title: Grandmaster Born: 1990 Federation: England David Howell is another British Chess player who had great success as a child and went on to become a Grandmaster at the age of 16. making him the youngest Brit to earn that title. Since becoming an adult, Howell has continued to enjoy a successful career, however he is yet t...
Full name: Luke McShane Title: Grandmaster Born: 1984 Federation: England Luke McShane is arguably the best amateur Chess player in the world with the Englishman juggling his Chess career alongside a full a time job in London’s financial sector. Just like David Howell, McShane was tipped for great things when he was a child and was also granted the...
Full name: Gawain Jones Title: Grandmaster Born: 1987 Federation: England Continuing with the theme of child prodigy’s, Gawain Jones’ face was plastered across the Guardian newspaper in 1997 when he became the youngest player in history, at just nine years old, to beat an International Master in an official match. Now the British number three, Jone...
Full name: Matthew Sadler Title: Grandmaster Born: 1974 Federation: England Although he is currently the British number two and ranked in the top 50 in the world, Matthew Sadler’s career does have a feel of ‘what might have been’ about it. This is because for 11 years between 1999 and 2010 Sadler stopped competing entirely to work in IT in the Neth...
Full name: Michael Adams Title: Grandmaster Born: 1971 Federation: England Michael Adams is not only the current British number one but arguably Britain’s greatest ever Chess player. He has won more than 60 events worldwide during his career and has reached multiple world championship semi finals and one final. The only other Briton to ever reach a...
- Magnus Carlsen. 2830. 2823. 2886.
- Fabiano Caruana. 2804. 2729. 2790.
- Hikaru Nakamura. 2788. 2746. 2874.
- Anish Giri. 2762. 2687. 2715.
- Michael Adams. Full name: Adams, Michael. Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1989. International Master (IM) 1987. Born: 1971. Federation: England. Ratings. World Ranking: 28.
- Matthew Sadler. Full name: Sadler, Matthew D. Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1993. International Master (IM) 1988. Born: 1974. Federation: England. Ratings. World Ranking: 42.
- Gawain Jones. Full name: Jones, Gawain C B. Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2007. International Master (IM) 2004. FIDE Master (FM) 2004. Born: 1987. Federation: England.
- Luke McShane. Full name: McShane, Luke J. Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2000. International Master (IM) 1997. Born: 1984. Federation: England. Ratings. World Ranking: 59.
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World Championship candidate. Other results. Hydra match. Personal life. References. External links. Michael Adams (chess player) Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster and is an eight-time British Chess Champion. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. [1] .
