List of English chess players

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For years before her death, Vera Menchik was by far the strongest woman in the game and won several tournament games against later grandmasters .

The list of English chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the English Chess Federation (which is an independent member of FIDE ) and who meet at least one of the following conditions:

General

In close chess, 35 grandmasters, one honorary grandmaster, 65 international masters (including four women with Dagnė Čiukšytė , Jovanka Houska , Harriet Hunt and Susan Lalić ), 8 female grandmasters and 10 international female champions are eligible to play for the English Chess Federation. Nine grandmasters, ten international masters and one international women's champion are no longer eligible to play for the English Chess Federation, two grandmasters, one honorary grandmaster, twelve international masters and four international women's champions have already passed away. Wilhelm Steinitz was world champion from 1886 to 1894 , Vera Menchik from 1927 to 1944 world champion of women .

In correspondence chess, 17 English players have earned the title of Grand Master, 33 that of a Merited International Master, 37 that of an International Master, three that of a Women's Grand Master and one that of an International Women's Master. Of these, four Grand Masters, two Merited International Masters, thirteen International Masters and one International Women's Champion have already passed away.

The British Individual Championships were played 99 times, the British Women's Championship 102 times. The record champion is Jonathan Penrose with ten titles, Rowena Mary Bruce won the women's competition with eleven titles the most.

Another 37 English players had a historic Elo rating of over 2,499 before June 1971.

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The following table contains this information:

  • Name : gives the name of the player.
  • Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
  • FIDE : Mention the highest FIDE title of the player (GM = Grand Master, HGM = Honorary Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Grand Master of Women, HWGM = Honorary Grand Master of Women, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Master of women, CM = Candidate Master , WFM = FIDE-Master of women, WCM = Candidate Master of women)
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded
  • ICCF : Names the highest ICCF title of the player (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master, LGM = Women's Grand Master, LIM = International Women's Master).
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded
  • Title : The number of British individual championships won.
  • Title (Women) : The number of British individual championships won by women.
  • Historical Elo : For players who have neither FIDE nor ICCF titles and have never won a British Championship, the highest historical Elo number achieved before July 1971 , provided this is at least 2500.
  • Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).

The list is current as of October 13, 2019.

Surname Life dates FIDE year ICCF year title Title (women) historical Elo other associations
Gerald Abrahams 1907-1980 0 0 2592
James Adair 1992 IN THE 2014 0 0
John F. Adams 1921 IN THE 1976 0 0
Michael Adams 1971 GM 1989 6th 0
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander 1909-1974 IN THE 1950 IN THE 1970 2 0
Dimitri Anagnostopoulos 1970 GM 1996 0 0 Greece (since 1996)
Gertrude Alison Anderson 1876-1924 0 3
John Anderson 1957 SIM 2004 0 0
David William Anderton 1941 CM 2003 IN THE 2002 0 0
Simon Ansell 1975 IN THE 1996 0 0
Keith Arkell 1961 GM 1995 0 0
Jerry Asquith SIM 2003 0 0
Henry Ernest Atkins 1872-1955 IN THE 1950 9 0
Rita Atkins 1969 WIM 1991 0 0 Hungary (until 1997)
Chris Baker 1958 IN THE 1996 0 0
Jill Barber LGM 2005 0 0
Leonard Barden 1929 1 0
Tony Barnsley * 1933 or 1934, † 2015 GM 2009 0 0
Michael Basman 1946 IN THE 1980 0 0
Richard Bates 1979 IN THE 1998 0 0
Chris Beaumont 1952 IN THE 2001 0 0
Jana Bellin 1947 WGM 1982 0 8th Czechoslovakia (until 1970)
Robert Bellin 1952 IN THE 1978 1 0
Victor Berger 1904-1996 0 0 2549
Simon Bibby 1974 FM 2012 0 0 Japan (since 2003)
Henry Edward Bird 1830-1908 0 0 2635
Joseph Henry Blackburne 1841-1924 0 0 2748
Joseph Henry Blake 1859-1951 0 0 2635
George Botterill 1949 IN THE 1978 2 0 Wales (since 1975)
Ken Bowyer † 2016 SIM 2004 0 0
Frank Boyd 1935 IN THE 1981 0 0
Neil Bradbury 1964 IN THE 1988 0 0
Shaun Brewer IN THE 2014 0 0
Michael Edward Beech Brigden 1941 IN THE 1983 0 0
Reginald Joseph Broadbent 1906-1988 2 0
Henry Brockbank 1952 IN THE 2000 0 0
John Brookes 1961 GM 2001 0 0
Ian Brooks GM 2002 0 0
Rowena Mary Bruce 1919-1999 WIM 1951 0 11
Henry Thomas Buckle 1821-1862 0 0 2584
Graeme Buckley 1971 IN THE 1995 0 0
Melanie Buckley 1982 0 1
Amos Burn 1848-1925 0 0 2728
Nigel Burne SIM 2009 0 0
John Joseph Carleton 1948 SIM 1999 0 0
Horatio Caro 1862-1920 0 0 2676
Duncan Chambers IN THE 2001 0 0
Clifford Chandler 1955 SIM 1999 0 0
Murray Chandler 1960 GM 1983 0 0 New Zealand (until 1982, since 2007)
Graham Chesters 1944 0 0 Wales
Sabrina Chevannes 1986 WIM 2013 0 0
Dagnė Čiukšytė 1977 IN THE 2006 0 0 Lithuania (until 2007)
Brandon Clarke 1995 IN THE 2019 0 0
Peggy Clarke 1937-2018 WCM 2002 LIM 1990 0 1
Peter Hugh Clarke 1933-2014 FM 1984 GM 1980 0 0
Charles A. Cobb 1978 IN THE 2008 0 0
James Cobb 1977 IN THE 2009 0 0 Wales (since 1998)
John Cochrane 1798-1878 0 0 2571
Peter L. Coleman GM 2004 0 0
Stuart Conquest 1967 GM 1991 1 0
Mike Conroy SIM 2001 0 0
Lawrence Cooper 1970 IN THE 2001 0 0
Julian Corfield IN THE 1998 0 0
Anya Corke 1990 WGM 2004 0 0 Hong Kong (until 2009)
John Cox 1962 IN THE 2006 0 0
Gavin Crawley 1963 IN THE 1988 0 0
Colin Stamford Crouch 1956-2015 IN THE 1991 0 0
David Cummings 1961 IN THE 1984 0 0 Wales (1996-2000), Canada (since 2000)
Grace Curling 1875-1958 0 1
Gordon Davies SIM 2000 0 0
Nigel Davies 1960 GM 1993 0 0 Wales (temporarily before 1991, since 2015), Israel (1991–1993)
Lorin D'Costa 1984 IN THE 2008 0 0
Cecil De Vere 1845-1875 0 0 2697
Andrew Dearnley * 1963 or 1964 SIM 2014 0 0
Mike Donnelly 1950 SIM 2007 0 0
Joan Frances Doulton 0 1
Angus Dunnington 1967 IN THE 1989 0 0
David Ebbett IN THE 1988 0 0
David Eggleston 1987 IN THE 2013 0 0
Brian Eley 1946 1 0
John Emms 1967 GM 1995 0 0
William Fairhurst 1903-1982 IN THE 1951 1 0 Scotland (1931–1971), New Zealand (from 1971)
Miss Fatima 1914–? 0 1 British India , Pakistan
Stefan Fazekas 1898-1967 IN THE 1953 IN THE 1964 1 0 Austria-Hungary (until 1918), Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)
Mark Ferguson 1977 IN THE 1996 0 0
Daniel Howard Fernandez 1995 GM 2017 0 0 Singapore (until 2015)
Kate Belinda Finn 1864-1932 0 2
Bernard Fisher 1837-1914 0 0 2549
Edgar Flacker IN THE 1991 0 0 Germany
Christine Flear 1967 WIM 1987 0 0 France (until 1989, since 1990)
Glenn Flear 1959 GM 1987 0 0
John Kenneth Footner 1939 SIM 1999 0 0
Cathy Forbes 1968 WIM 1990 0 3
Fred JL Fraser IN THE 2002 0 0
David Friedgood 1946 FM 1982 0 0 South Africa (until 1975)
Clive Frostick 1962 SIM 2000 0 0
Joseph Gallagher 1964 GM 1991 1 0 Switzerland (since 1995)
Ameet Ghasi 1987 IN THE 2012 0 0
Harry Golombek 1911-1995 HGM 1985 3 0
David Goodman 1958 IN THE 1982 0 0
Stephen Gordon 1986 GM 2009 0 0
Daniel Gormally 1976 GM 2005 0 0
Andrew Greet 1979 IN THE 2005 0 0 Scotland (since 2013)
Richard Clewin Griffith 1872-1955 1 0
Isidor Gunsberg 1854-1930 0 0 2744
William Gunston 1856-1941 0 0 2573
Richard Hall 1945 GM 2002 0 0
Toni Halliwell LGM 2013 0 0
Craig Hanley 1984 IN THE 2007 0 0
Khosro Harandi 1950-2019 IN THE 1975 0 0 Iran (until 1983, from 1990)
Ravi Haria 1999 IN THE 2017 0 0
Kenneth B. Harman 1947 IN THE 1995 0 0
William Hartston 1947 IN THE 1973 2 0
Stewart Haslinger 1981 GM 2007 0 0
Jonathan Hawkins 1983 GM 2014 2 0
John Hawksworth 1963 IN THE 1986 0 0
Michael Haygarth 1934-2016 1 0
Mark Hebden 1958 GM 1992 0 0
Michael Hennigan 1970 IN THE 1991 1 0
Frances Herring 1857-1943 0 2
Thomas Hinks-Edwards 1977 IN THE 2011 0 0 Czech Republic (since 2011)
Amy Hoare 1996 0 1
Julian Hodgson 1963 GM 1988 4th 0
Adrian S. Hollis 1940-2013 GM 1976 0 0
Edith Holloway 1868-1956 0 2
Jeff Horner 1949 IN THE 2008 0 0
Andrew Horton 1998 IN THE 2018 0 0
Michael Howard Horton IN THE 1981 0 0
Bernhard Horwitz 1807-1885 0 0 2579 German Confederation (until 1845)
Mary Mills Houlding 1850-1940 0 3 Australia (1885–1899)
Jovanka Houska 1980 IN THE 2005 0 8th
Miroslav Houska 1978 IN THE 1998 0 0
David Howell 1990 GM 2007 3 0
James Howell 1967 GM 1995 0 0
Adam Hunt 1980 IN THE 2001 0 0
Harriet Hunt 1978 IN THE 1999 0 4th
Charles Stanley Hunter 1922-1982 IN THE 1967 0 0
Edward Mackenzie Jackson 1867-1959 0 0 2531
James Jackson 1991 IN THE 2019 0 0
Sheila Jackson 1957 WGM 1988 0 4th
Byron Jacobs 1963 IN THE 1988 0 0
Herbert Jacobs 1863-1950 0 0 2567
Maurice Johnson 1940 GM 1995 0 0
Gawain Jones 1987 GM 2007 2 0
Mary Jones LGM 2004 0 0
John Jordan 1941-2003 IN THE 1997 0 0
Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 2001 0 1
Raymond Keene 1948 GM 1976 1 0
Daniel King 1963 GM 1989 0 0
Andrew Kinsman 1964 IN THE 1997 0 0
Ezra Kirk 1996 IN THE 2018 0 0
Keith Kitson SIM 2004 0 0
Ernst Ludwig Klein 1910-1990 1 0 Austria (until the mid-1930s)
Simon Knott 1958 IN THE 2001 0 0
Imre king 1901-1992 IN THE 1951 0 0 Yugoslavia (until 1949), United States (from 1953)
Anthony costs 1958 GM 1990 0 0 France (since 2002)
Cenek Kottnauer 1910-1996 IN THE 1950 0 0 Czechoslovakia (until 1953)
Dharshan Kumaran 1975 GM 1997 0 0
Bogdan Lalić 1964 GM 1988 0 0 Yugoslavia (until 1992), Croatia (1993–1999, since 2005)
Susan Lalić 1965 IN THE 1996 0 5
Gary Lane 1964 IN THE 1988 0 0 Australia (since 2001)
Peter Large 1956 IN THE 1987 0 0
Ingrid Lauterbach 1960 WIM 1987 0 0 Germany (until 1993)
Geoff Lawton 1960 IN THE 1984 0 0
Andrew Ledger 1969 IN THE 1994 0 0
Francis Joseph Lee 1857-1909 0 0 South Africa
Peter Lee 1943 1 0
Jonathan Levitt 1963 GM 1990 0 0
John Eric Littlewood 1931-2009 FM 1989 0 0 2512
Norman Littlewood 1933-1989 0 0 2514
Paul Littlewood 1956 IN THE 1980 1 0
David Wilfred Lodge 1935-1997 IN THE 1991 0 0
Sarah Longson 1988 WFM 2010 0 1
Johann Jacob Löwenthal 1810-1876 0 0 2616 Austrian Empire (until 1849)
Bill Lumley IN THE 2002 0 0
Liam Lynn 1952 IN THE 1998 0 0
Chiedu Maduekwe 1963 IN THE 2006 0 0 Nigeria (Nahschess)
Karl Mah 1980 IN THE 1999 0 0
Peter Markland 1951 GM 1984 0 0
Sue Maroroa 1991 WIM 2009 0 0 New Zealand (until 2012)
Andrew David Martin 1957 IN THE 1984 0 0
Neil McDonald 1967 GM 1996 0 0
Joseph McPhillips 1997 IN THE 2018 0 0
Luke McShane 1984 GM 2000 0 0
Vera Menchik 1906-1944 0 0 2535 Czechoslovakia
Alan Merry 1996 IN THE 2016 0 0
Kenneth Charles Messere 1928-2005 IN THE 1968 0 0
Jonathan Mestel 1957 GM 1982 3 0
Edith Michell 1872-1951 0 3
Reginald Pryce Michell 1873-1938 0 0 2585
Jacques Mieses 1865-1954 GM 1950 0 0 German Empire (until 1938)
Tony Miles 1955-2001 GM 1976 1 0 United States (1988–1991)
Peter Millican 1958 GM 1996 0 0
Philip Stuart Milner-Barry 1906-1995 0 0 2552
Graham Russell Mitchell 1905-1984 IN THE 1959 0 0
Gillian Moore 1944 0 1
Philip Morris 1967 IN THE 1990 0 0
Ali Mortazavi 1971 IN THE 1994 0 0
Anne Mothersill 1927-2014 WIM 1954 0 3
Ajoy Mukherjee SIM 2000 0 0
Minnie Musgrave 1880-1968 0 1
William Ewart Napier 1881-1952 1 0 United States
Teresa Needham 1965 WIM 1984 0 0
Mike Nicholson * 1938 or 1939; † 2018 SIM 2008 0 0
Dinah Norman 1946 WCM 2002 0 3
David Norwood 1968 GM 1989 0 0 Andorra (since 2011)
John Nunn 1955 GM 1978 1 0
Peter James Oakley 1931-1989 IN THE 1982 0 0
David Overton SIM 2010 0 0
John Owen 1827-1901 0 0 2583
Richard Palliser 1981 IN THE 2001 0 0
Jonathan Parker 1976 GM 2001 0 0
Russell Pegg 1955 SIM 2006 0 0
Malcolm Pein 1960 IN THE 1986 0 0
Jonathan Penrose 1933 HGM 1993 GM 1983 10 0
Nicholas Pert 1981 GM 2001 0 0
Richard Pert 1981 IN THE 2002 0 0
Ian Pheby SIM 2003 0 0
Alan Phillips 1923-2009 1 0
John Pigott 1957 IN THE 2017 0 0
James Plaskett 1960 GM 1985 1 0
William Pollock 1859-1896 0 0 2541
William Norwood Potter 1840-1895 0 0 2645
Nigel Povah 1952 IN THE 1983 GM 1989 0 0
Edith Charlotte Price 1872-1956 0 5
Elaine Pritchard 1926-2012 WIM 1957 0 4th
Michael Prizant 1945 GM 1995 0 0
John Pugh GM 2006 0 0
Gary Quillan 1970 IN THE 2009 0 0
Michael Rahal 1970 IN THE 1999 0 0 Spain (until 1993, since 2013)
Alan Rawlings SIM 2012 0 0
Michael John Read * 1960 or 1961 SIM 1999 0 0
Natasha Regan 1971 WIM 2002 0 0
Thomas Rendle 1986 IN THE 2006 0 0
John Rhodes SIM 2008 0 0
Charles Rich SIM 2003 0 0
Heather Richards 1983 WIM 2002 0 0 Australia (since 2014)
Keith Richardson 1942-2017 GM 1975 0 0
Peter Roberson 1989 IN THE 2014 0 0
Nigel Robson GM 2011 0 0
Jack Rudd 1979 IN THE 2009 0 0
Gulnara Sachs 1963 WIM 1986 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Kazakhstan (1992–1993)
Matthew Sadler 1974 GM 1993 2 0
Živilė Šarakauskienė 1978 WIM 2005 0 0 Lithuania (until 2012)
Georg Schories 1874-1934 0 0 2524 German Empire
Roland Henry Vaughan Scott 1888-1953 1 0
Sidney Shaw IN THE 2004 0 0
Ruth Sheldon 1980 WIM 1996 0 0
Chris Shephard 1951 IN THE 1984 0 0
Nigel Short 1965 GM 1984 3 0
Arthur Skipworth 1830-1898 0 0 2522
Peter HW Smith IN THE 2000 0 0
Ian Snape 1952 SIM 2003 0 0
Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas 1855-1928 0 1
Henry Southwell IN THE 2007 0 0
Edward Sowden IN THE 2001 0 0
Peter John Sowray 1959 FM 1984 IN THE 2003 0 0
Jonathan Speelman 1956 GM 1980 3 0
Edmund Spencer 1876-1936 0 0 2510
Maxim Barth Stanford 1976 IN THE 2008 0 0 Norway (since 2012)
Howard Staunton 1810-1874 0 0 2706
Michael Stean 1953 GM 1977 0 0
Wilhelm Steinitz 1836-1900 0 0 2826 Austria , United States
Agnes Stevenson 1873-1935 0 4th
Alan Munro Stewart 1947-2008 IN THE 1988 0 0
Mihai Șubă 1947 GM 1978 0 0 Romania (until 1989, 1992 to 2017), Spain (since 2017)
Me Sultan Khan 1905-1966 3 0 British India , Pakistan
Aaron Summerscale 1969 GM 1997 0 0
Janos I. Suto IN THE 2005 0 0
Jonathan Tait 1963 SIM 2002 0 0
Stephen Tatlow 1946-2003 IN THE 2003 0 0
Shaun Taulbut 1958 IN THE 1978 0 0
Adam Taylor 1998 IN THE 2019 0 0
Reginald Graham Thimann 1940-1985 IN THE 1984 0 0
George Alan Thomas 1881-1972 IN THE 1950 2 0
Ian Thomas 1967 IN THE 1989 0 0
Trevor Thomas SIM 1999 0 0
Ian Thompson 1961 FM 1995 IN THE 1998 0 0
Pat Thorn SIM 2000 0 0
Paul Timson 1946 SIM 2005 0 0
Samuel Tinsley 1847-1903 0 0 2588
Katarzyna Toma 1985 WGM 2012 0 0 Poland (until 2018)
John Toothill 1938-2017 IN THE 1981 0 0
Richard Tozer 1970 IN THE 1995 0 0
Eileen Tranmer 1910-1983 WIM 1950 0 4th
Lawrence Trent 1986 IN THE 2005 0 0
Matthew Turner 1975 GM 2012 0 0 Scotland (since 2012)
Giuseppe Valerio 1952 SIM 2001 0 0 Italy (Nahschach)
Kevern Verney SIM 1999 0 0
John Vivante-Sowter SIM 2004 0 0
Louis van Vliet 1854-1932 0 0 2594
Robert Graham Wade 1921-2008 IN THE 1950 2 0 New Zealand
Matthew Wadsworth 2000 IN THE 2019 0 0
Victor election cloth 1875-1953 0 0 2506
Gavin Wall 1968 IN THE 2003 0 0 Ireland (since 2000)
Chris Ward 1968 GM 1996 1 0
William N. Watson 1962 GM 1990 1 0
William Wayte 1829-1898 0 0 2571
Simon Webb 1949-2005 IN THE 1977 GM 1983 0 0
Andrew Webster 1973 IN THE 1993 0 0
Peter Wells 1965 GM 1994 0 0
John Wharam SIM 2014 0 0
Amy Wheelwright 0 1
Andrew Whiteley 1947-2014 IN THE 1988 0 0
Christopher C. Williams 1941 SIM 2006 0 0
Elijah Williams 1809-1854 0 0 2529
Simon Williams 1979 GM 2008 0 0
Harvey Williamson SIM 2012 0 0
Mike Wills IN THE 1995 0 0
William Winter 1898-1955 IN THE 1950 2 0
John Wisker 1846-1884 0 0 2625 Australia (from 1876)
Frederick Dewhurst Yates 1884-1932 6th 0
Felix José Ynojosa Aponte 1996 IN THE 2013 0 0 Venezuela (since 2011)
Yang fan Zhou 1994 IN THE 2011 0 0
Johannes Hermann Zukertort 1842-1888 0 0 2798 North German Confederation

See also

Web links

Commons : English chess players  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : British Chess Players  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ English Chess Federation at FIDE (English)
  2. ↑ Rita Atkins won the Hungarian women's championship once.
  3. ↑ Jana Bellin also won the Czechoslovak women's championship eight times.
  4. ↑ Simon Bibby won the Japanese individual championship once.
  5. ↑ Joseph Henry Blackburne won the German individual championship once.
  6. ↑ George Botterill also won the Welsh Individual Championship once.
  7. ↑ Amos Burn won the German individual championship once.
  8. ↑ Murray Chandler won the New Zealand Individual Championship three times.
  9. ↑ Graham Chesters won the Welsh Individual Championship twice.
  10. ↑ Dagnė Čiukšytė has also had the WGM title since 2002.
  11. ↑ Dagnė Čiukšytė won the Lithuanian women's championship four times.
  12. ↑ James Cobb won the Welsh Individual Championship five times.
  13. ↑ David Cummings won the Welsh Individual Championship twice.
  14. ↑ William Fairhurst also won the Scottish Individual Championship eleven times.
  15. ↑ Christine Flear won the French women's championship five times.
  16. ↑ David Friedgood won the South African individual championship three times.
  17. ↑ Joseph Gallagher also won the Swiss individual championship six times.
  18. ↑ Andrew Greet won the Scottish Individual Championship once.
  19. ↑ Isidor Gunsberg won the German individual championship once.
  20. ↑ Khosro Harandi won the Iranian individual championship twice.
  21. ↑ Jovanka Houska has also had the WGM title since 2000.
  22. ↑ Harriet Hunt has also had the WGM title since 1997.
  23. ↑ Susan Lalić has also had the WGM title since 1988.
  24. ↑ Gary Lane won the Australian Individual Championship once.
  25. ↑ Francis Joseph Lee once won the South African individual championship.
  26. ↑ Heather Richards once won the Australian Women's Championship.
  27. ↑ Živilė Šarakauskienė won the Lithuanian women's championship four times.
  28. ↑ Mihai Șubă won the Romanian individual championship three times.
  29. ↑ Robert Graham Wade also won the New Zealand Individual Championship three times.
  30. ↑ Felix José Ynojosa Aponte won the Venezuelan individual championship three times.