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Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. He has won three team gold medals and three individual medals at Chess Olympiads.
The game of chess, or rather its immediate precursor, known as shatranj, was introduced to Europe from the Islamic sphere, most likely via Iberia, in the 9th or 10th century.
Luke James McShane is an English chess player. A chess prodigy, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000, at the age of 16. McShane has become one of England's leading players and a member of the national team. He also worked as a trader in London's financial sector, and has previously been described as the world's strongest amateur chess player.
The British Chess Championships are organised by the English Chess Federation. The main tournament incorporates the British Championship, the English Chess Championships and the British Women's Chess Championship so it is possible, although it has never happened, for one player to win all three titles in the same competition. The English Women's Chess Championship was also incorporated into this event but did not take place in 2015 and was held as a separate competition in 2016. Since 1923 there have been sections for juniors, and since 1982 there has been an over-sixty championship. The championship venue usually changes every year and has been held in different locations in England, Scotland, Wales and once on the Isle of Man.
Michael Adams 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. His peak Elo rating is 2761, the highest achieved by an English chess player.
Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov is an American chess grandmaster and a four-time winner of the United States Chess Championship. He also won or tied for first place seven times in the U.S. Open Chess Championship.
David Wei Liang Howell is an English chess grandmaster and commentator. A three-time British champion, he holds the record for being the youngest British person to achieve the title of Grandmaster, earned at the age of 16.
Daniel William Gormally is an English chess Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list.
Matthew David Sadler is an English chess grandmaster, chess writer and two-time British Chess Champion.
The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The corresponding, women's category had an age restriction of fifty years or over (50+).
Mark Lesland Hebden is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.
Nicholas G. Pert is an English chess grandmaster.
Keith Charles Arkell is an English chess Grandmaster.
Nigel Davies is a Welsh chess Grandmaster, chess coach and writer.
Stuart C. Conquest is an English chess Grandmaster, commentator and tournament director.
Bogdan Lalić is a Croatian chess grandmaster. He has the record of an unbeaten streak of 155 games.
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Valentina Evgenyevna Gunina is a Russian chess grandmaster. She is the two-time World Blitz Chess Champion, has won the Women's European Individual Chess Championship three times, and has won the Russian Women's Championship five times. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, 2014, at the Women's European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and at the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2017.
Jonathan Hawkins is an English chess grandmaster. He was the British Chess Champion in 2015, having outscored David Howell, with whom he shared the title in 2014.
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