Nigel Davies (chess player)

Nigel Davies

Personal information
Born	Nigel Rodney Davies (1960-07-31) 31 July 1960 (age 65) Southport, England
Chess career
Country	England (until 2015; since 2022) Wales (2015-2022)
Title	Grandmaster (1993)
Peak rating	2530 (January 1995)

Nigel Davies (born 31 July 1960) is an English ^[1] chess Grandmaster, chess coach and writer.

Davies won the British (Under-21) Boys Championship in 1979 ^[2] and the British Rapidplay Chess Championship in 1987.

In July 2015 Davies transferred his FIDE registration from England to Wales and became eligible to represent them internationally, ^[3] he transferred back to England in 2022. ^[4]

Books

• Davies, Nigel (1998). The Chess Player's Battle Manual. Batsford. ISBN   0-7134-7043-7.
• Davies, Nigel (1998). The Power Chess Program. Batsford. ISBN   0-7134-8415-2.
• Davies, Nigel (2002). The Grünfeld Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN   1-85744-239-3.
• Davies, Nigel (2003). The Veresov. Everyman Chess. ISBN   9781857443356.
• Davies, Nigel (2004). The Dynamic Reti. Everyman Chess. ISBN   9781857443523.
• Davies, Nigel (2005). The Trompowsky. Everyman Chess. ISBN   1857443764.
• Davies, Nigel (2008). King's Indian Attack. Hamburg: ChessBase. ISBN   978-3-86681-071-6.
• Davies, Nigel (2008). Starting Out: The Modern. Everyman Chess. ISBN   9781857445664.
• Davies, Nigel (2009). Play the Catalan. Gloucester Publishers plc (formerly Everyman Publishers plc). ISBN   9781857445916.

References

1. "Wales gains its first chess grandmaster from England" . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
2. Saunders, John. "British Chess Champions 1904-2008". BritBase. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
3. "Bitter feuding in the chess world as English grandmaster defects to Wales". 24 October 2015.
4. "FIDE Federation Transfers of players". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

External links

• Nigel Davies' own website TigerChess
• Nigel Davies' blog Chess Improver
• Nigel Davies player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Interview with GM Nigel Davies Archived 17 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine