Daniel Gormally
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Daniel William Gormally (born 4 May 1976) is an English chess Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list.
Chess career
Daniel was born in Hertford hospital, but soon moved to London. He first learned the moves at approximately seven years old, when his father Torsten taught him and his older sister.
He shared first place at the Politiken Cup in 1998 and won the Challengers tournament of the 78th Hastings International Chess Congress in 2003.[1][2]
In September 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Šarūnas Šulskis, Luís Galego, Klaus Bischoff and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Championship in Liverpool.[3] In November 2006, Gormally was joint winner of the British Rapidplay Chess Championship.[4]
In 2015, he tied for the second place with David Howell and Nicholas Pert in the 102nd British Championship and eventually finished fourth on tiebreak.[5] Also in 2015, he appeared as a contestant in three episodes of the television quiz Fifteen To One and in one episode of The Chase, alongside a brief appearance on Beat the Pack in 2013.
Gormally played for the English national team in the 2005 European Team Chess Championship and 2006 Chess Olympiad.[6]
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gormally, Danny (2010). Play Chess Like the PROs. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446272.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gormally, Danny (2010). Calculate Like a Grandmaster. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388690.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gormally, Danny (2014). Mating the Castled King. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-71-2.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gormally, Daniel (2016). Insanity, Passion and Addiction - A Year Inside the Chess World. Chess Evolution. ISBN 978-83-934656-9-9.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Crowther, Mark (13 January 2003). "TWIC: 78th Hastings Congress". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pein, Malcolm (9 January 2003). "Gormally's glory". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Crowther, Mark (18 September 2006). "TWIC 619: European Union Individual Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Crowther, Mark (6 November 2006). "TWIC 626: British Rapidplay". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Crowther, Mark (7 August 2015). "102nd British Chess Championship 2015". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Daniel Gormally team chess record at Olimpbase.org
External links
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- Daniel Gormally player profile and games at Chessgames.comTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
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