John Shaw (chess player)

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John Shaw, Liverpool 2008
Association ScotlandScotland Scotland
Born October 16, 1968
Irvine
title International Master (1999)
Grand Master (2006)
Current  Elo rating 2425 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating 2506 (January 2002)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

John Shaw (born October 16, 1968 in Irvine ) is a Scottish chess master.

Life

Shaw had his first major success in 1991 when he won the Aberdeen Open . He has been one of the top Scottish chess players since the mid-1990s. He won the Scottish Championship three times (1995, 1998 and 2000). In 1998 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master , in 2006 he became Grand Master in Gibraltar in 2003, at the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvià and in the Four Nations Chess League in 2005/06 after completing the standards . In the same year Shaw shared second place in Tórshavn .

John Shaw has published several books on opening theory .

Team chess

National team

In 1994 , 1996 and 2000 to 2014 he took part in ten Chess Olympiads with Scotland . He represented his home country four times (1992, 2001, 2003 and 2005) at the European Team Championships , including two events (2001 and 2003) on the top board.

Club chess

In the British Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) Shaw played in the 1996/97 season for Northumbria , in the 2000/01 season for Poisened Pawns , in the 2003/04 season for Slough , from 2004 to 2009 for Guildford A&DC , with whom he won the 4NCL in 2007 and 2008 . In the 2010/11 season he played for White Rose Chess , since 2013 he has played for Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher . In the Danish Skakligaen he played in the 2010/11 season for Skakklubben Sydøstfyn .

Works (selection)

  • Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit. 2002
  • Starting Out: The Ruy Lopez. 2003
  • Experts vs. the Sicilian. 2005 (with Jacob Aagaard )
  • The King's Gambit. Quality Chess, Glasgow 2013, ISBN 978-1-906552-71-8 (680 pages).

Web links

Commons : John Shaw  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GM application to FIDE (English)
  2. ↑ John Shaw's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ John Shaw's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Shaw, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish chess player
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Irvine