Play grandmaster Nigel Davies in Leeds.

NIGEL DAVIES SIMUL

Chess Grandmaster Nigel Davies has been invited to come to Leeds Chess Club on Sunday 28 November to give a chess simultaneous for just 10.00 per person. As Nigel is a hugely popular figure on the chess circuit , I will have to limit this event to 30 entries only and will be on a first come, first served basis. I will keep an up to date list of entrants here so that you will know whether there are any places available.

About Nigel

Nigel Davies (born 1960) is an English chess player from Southport. He is also a chess coach and writer who holds the title Grandmaster.

Davies was British (Under-21) Boys Champion in 1979 and British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1987.

He is currently rated 2494 and his peak rating was 2530 in January 1995.

Literature

Nigel is a prolific chess author and has written numerous chess books, see below for some of his works:

Davis, Nigel (2002). The Grunfeld Defence.

Davis, Nigel (2003). The Veresov.

Davis, Nigel (2004). The Dynamic Reti.

Davis, Nigel (2005). The Trompowsky.

Davis, Nigel (2008). The King's Indian Attack.

Davis, Nigel (2008). Starting out: The Modern.

Chess Style

Nigel is a positional player and with the white pieces, according to chessgames.com, has played the following openings with the white pieces, during his career:

King's Indian Attack

English

Sicilian

Reti

King's Indian

If you would like to enter this event, click here and fill out the online entry form.

See below for the current entries: