Luke McShane is a Chess Grandmaster from England with Elo ratings exceeding 2600 from FIDE, making him one of the best English chess players of all time.
Full Name: Luke James McShane
Title: Grandmaster (2000)
International Master (1997)
Place of birth: London, England
Born: January 7, 1984
Federation: England
Ratings
World ranking: 88
Rapid: 2702
Blitz: 2591
Classical: 2661
Peak rating: 2713 – Reached in July of 2012
Profiles
Most Frequently Played Openings
With The White Pieces
- Sicilian Defense
- Ruy Lopez
- French Defense
With The Black Pieces
- King’s Indian
- Sicilian
- Ruy Lopez
Biography
Luke James McShane is an England chess Grandmaster and prodigy, born on January 7th, 1984 in London, England. Luke was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2000 aged 16, and the title of International Master in 1997. As of August 2022, Luke’s FIDE rating was 2661 while his Peak rating was 2713 as of July 2012. McShane has established himself as one of England’s top competitors and a representative of the national squad. He has long been reported as the globe’s greatest novice chess competitor and ventured as a businessman in London’s banking industry.
Notable achievements
McShane Shared first place at the 1998 Bunratty Masters held in Ireland with John Nunn scoring 5/6 points.
Bagged Silver medal at the World Junior Tournament in Goa, in 2002.
Triumphed in 2003 at the 136-player Kuppenheim Tournament and played online with a score of 50.5/53 points.
He emerged victorious at the British Blitz Championship held in Uxbridge in 2003 with a score of 14.5/16 points as well as the Greenland Open Rapid Tournament with a score of 8.5/9 points.
Notable Games
McShane vs Carlsen – 2010
Aronian vs McShane – 2012
McShane vs Koneru – 2003
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Sources
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/14/luke-mcshane-worlds-top-amateur
- https://www.ft.com/content/41ca41ec-fd47-11e8-ac00-57a2a826423e
- https://chess24.com/en/read/players/luke-mcshane
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120318190017/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/39th-rilton-cup-2009-10
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130212062426/https://chess.co.uk/twic/twic838.html#3
- http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7632
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/14/chess-england-win-first-medal-for-22-years
