Nigel Davies

This article is about the British chess player Nigel Davies; on the old American artist of the same name, see Claude Nigel Byam Davies .

Nigel Davies, Mainz 2010
Surname	Nigel Rodney Davies
Association	Wales (temporarily before 1991 , since 2015) Israel (1991 to 1993) England (temporarily before 1991, 1993 to 2015)
Born	July 31, 1960 Southport , United Kingdom
title	International Master (1982) Grand Master (1993)
Current  Elo rating	2483 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2530 (January 1995, July 1998)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Nigel Rodney Davies (born July 31, 1960 in Southport ) is an English chess player and coach .

Life

In 1979 he became British Junior Champion U21. In 1982 he won the title of International Master . In 1987 he won the British rapid championship . From 1991 to 1993 he played for the Israeli Chess Federation. He has been a grandmaster since 1993 . He has been working as a chess trainer since 1994 and has authored numerous chess books and instructional videos. From 2003 to 2007 he worked as a trader for a hedge fund .

Davies has not played a rated game since the Staunton Memorial in London in August 2009 and is therefore listed as inactive at FIDE .

Team chess

National team

In 1989 he played at the European Team Championship on the top board for Wales and scored 5.5 points from 9 games. With the English team he took part in qualifying for the 1983 European Team Championship.

Club chess

In the British Four Nations Chess League Davies played in the 1997/98 season at the Barbican Chess Club , in the 1999/2000 season at White Rose , from 2003 to 2007 at Numerica 3Cs (from 2005 3Cs ) and from 2007 to 2009 at The Gambit ADs . In the German Federal Chess League Davies played in the 1985/86 season for SK Zehlendorf and in the 1987/88 season for SC Kreuzberg .

Publications

Books

• The chess player's battle manual (1998)
• The power chess program (2 volumes, 1998 and 1999)
• Alekhine's defense (2001)
• Taming the Sicilian (2002)
• The Grünfeld defense (2002)
• The Veresov (2003)
• The dynamic Reti (2004)
• The Trompowsky (2005)
• Play 1 e4 e5! (2005)
• Gambiteer (2 volumes, 2007)
• Starting out: The Modern (2008)
• Play the Catalan (2009)

Videos

• The Pirc Defense (2007)
• 1.… d6 universal (2007)
• The Accelerated Dragon (2007)
• 1. e4 for the creative attacker (2007)
• King's Indian Attack (2008)
• Chess for scoundrels (2008)
• London System (2008)
• The Colle System (2008)
• Torre Attack (2008)
• The Tarrasch Defense (2008)
• The English Opening (2008)
• The Scotch game (2009)
• How to beat younger players (2009)
• A busy person's opening system (2009)

Web links

Commons : Nigel Davies  - Collection of Images

• Literature by and about Nigel Davies in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} According to the Elo history at olimpbase.org, Davies is said to have switched between the English and Welsh associations nine times between 1980 and 1990. There is no doubt that he switched from the English to the Welsh federation at some point during this period, but the assignment given is believed to be incorrect. For example, he was listed as eligible to play for the Welsh Federation in the first half of 1982, but during this period he competed for the English team as part of the qualification for the 1983 European Team Championship.
2. ↑ Nigel Davies´ results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Nigel Davies´ results in qualifying tournament for European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)