David Howell

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Howell
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 14, 1990(1990-11-14)
Age	34
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

David Howell Biography

David Howell is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on November 14, 1990 in England, England, United Kingdom. Two-time British Chess champion who became the youngest ever English chess Grandmaster when he received the title at the age of 16.

He is a young chess Grandmaster like Magnus Carlsen.

In August 1999, Howell became famous internationally when he broke the world record for the youngest player to have defeated a Grandmaster in an official game. Aged 8, he defeated John Nunn in a blitz game at the Mind Sports Olympiad. Howell still holds this record. He is also the youngest player in the world to have qualified to compete in a national chess championship, taking part in the British Chess Championship in August 2000. He came fourth in the Player of the Year ballot held by the British Chess Federation during 2000.

In 2001, Howell came joint first at the European Youth Chess Championships in the Under 12 category and joint second at the World Youth Chess Championships in the same category. In the Hastings Challengers tournament in January 2001, Howell became the youngest ever British player to defeat a grandmaster at classical time controls when he beat Colin McNab.

His father is English and his mother came from Singapore.

David Howell Net Worth

David Howell is one of the richest Chess Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Howell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He consistently dominated the youth chess rankings before taking on older competition.

His chess coach was Grandmaster Glenn Flear and he won the English Chess Federation’s Player of the Year Award in 2007 after beaming a Grandmaster himself.

David Wei Liang Howell (born 14 November 1990) is an English chess player. A three-time British champion (2009, 2013 and 2014), he is the youngest in the United Kingdom to hold the title Grandmaster, earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 at the age of 16. The previous record holder, Luke McShane, was six months older when he became a grandmaster.

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Howell was the British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2008 with a score of 10/11 points, and in 2009 with 9/11. He tied for first with Andrei Istrățescu, Romain Edouard and Mark Hebden in the 2009/10 Hastings International Chess Congress. In August 2009, Howell won the British championship for the first time scoring 9/11. He placed third in the London Chess Classic in December. He won the British Rapidplay Chess Championship again in 2010 with a score of 10½/11. In 2012 Howell won the Leiden Chess Tournament. In August 2013 Howell won his second British championship title with 9½/11 points. The following year he shared first place with Jonathan Hawkins in the 101st British Chess Championship. Howell took clear second place at the 2015 Gibraltar Masters tournament with a score of 8/10, half point behind Hikaru Nakamura. In December 2015, Howell won the inaugural British Knockout Championship, held alongside the 7th London Chess Classic, by defeating in the final Nicholas Pert 4–2.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Howell celebrates birthday on November 14 of every year.

In the FIDE rating list of August 2015 he reached a rating of 2712 and thus joined the ranks of the 2700+ players for the first time.

How many chess grandmasters are there?

The grandmaster title is the highest title awarded in chess. Chess titles are awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). As of the September 2020 FIDE rating list, there are 1721 grandmasters in the world.

How good is Magnus Carlsen?

he is just perfectly all rounded as well. Magnus has several things going for him that allow him to play so well at chess. His memorization of various masters game, his ability to maintain focus and concentration for long stretches at a time, and his fierce desire to win are all elements that make him good at chess.

What happened to Nigel Short?

Short was appointed to serve as one of several Vice Presidents of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) in October 2018.

Can you lose grandmaster title?

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally rarely it has been revoked for cheating.

What is a super grandmaster?

Super-grandmasters are players whose ratings — the performance numbers used to create rankings — have crossed 2,700. (Grandmasters usually have ratings over 2,500.) There are 24 super-grandmasters, with another 16 within 20 rating points of 2,700.