Kevin Spraggett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Spraggett
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 10, 1954(1954-11-10)
Age	70
Birthplace	Canada
Country	Canada
Birth City	Montreal
Horoscope	Scorpio

Kevin Spraggett Biography

Kevin Spraggett is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on November 10, 1954 in Canada, Montreal, Canada. Canadian chess Grandmaster and former World Open Champion who is the only Canadian to have qualified for the Candidates’ level. He has represented Canada eight times in the Chess Olympiads.

He and Daniel Yanofsky are two of only a few Canadian Grandmasters.

Kevin Spraggett was raised in Montreal, he is one of seven children and began playing chess at age ten. He tied for first in the 1973-74 Junior Canadian Chess Championship, but lost the playoff match to John MacPhail. One of his key early tournament victories came in the 1974 Montreal Championship, where he scored 5½/6. He had reached national master strength by this time, just before his twentieth birthday. He attended McGill University, studying engineering, and was an excellent student; however, he left McGill before completing his degree, in favour of becoming a chess professional. Spraggett spent his early years developing his game in minor Canadian and American Swiss system open events, where the prizes were often low. His younger brother Grant is also a strong player, having earned the FIDE Master (FM) title.

He was awarded the IM title in 1975, following a second-place finish at the Zonal Canadian Chess Championship in Calgary; Peter Biyiasas won. Spraggett raised his game to meet the challenge of the powerful Soviet defector Igor V. Ivanov, who had settled in Montreal in the early 1980s. Those years saw Spraggett attain success in several strong tournaments, with victories in the 1983 World Open, 1984 Commonwealth Championship, 1984 New York Open, and 1985 Commonwealth Championship. He did not play an international-standard grandmaster round-robin tournament until Wijk aan Zee early in 1985, just after his thirtieth birthday, at which time he was the highest-rated IM in the world.

He was born and raised in Montreal.

Kevin Spraggett Net Worth

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

He began playing chess at the age of 10.

He was the fourth Canadian to earn the title of Grandmaster and he has won eight Canadian Open Chess Championships, seven Closed Canadian Chess Championships.

Kevin Spraggett (born 10 November 1954) is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He is the fourth Canadian to earn the grandmaster title, after Abe Yanofsky, Duncan Suttles and Peter Biyiasas. Spraggett is the only Canadian to have qualified for the Candidates’ level, having done so in 1985 and 1988. He has won a total of eight Canadian Open Chess Championships, seven Closed Canadian Chess Championships, and has represented Canada eight times in Olympiad play. Spraggett has also written for Canadian chess publications.

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Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Kevin Spraggett celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.