Luke McShane

Quick Facts

Full Name	Luke McShane
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 7, 1984(1984-01-07)
Age	40
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Luke McShane Biography

Luke McShane is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on January 7, 1984 in England, England, United Kingdom. English chess Grandmaster and former prodigy who, in 2012, was ranked the number one chess player in the UK.

He and any notable chess prodigy draw comparisons to Bobby Fischer.

McShane won the World Under 10 Championship in Duisburg at the age of eight. Shortly afterwards he found a sponsor in the form of computer company Psion and played Garry Kasparov at a simultaneous exhibition in 1995. At sixteen he became the youngest ever Briton to achieve the title Grandmaster, gaining the three results required (“norms”) in tournaments in Germany, Iceland and the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. He held the record until David Howell broke it in January 2007. In January 2004 McShane was ranked second in the world among junior (under 21) players behind Teimour Radjabov.

Among McShane’s more notable results are joint first in the 1998 Bunratty Masters in Ireland with John Nunn, winning five of his six games, and joint winner with Stuart Conquest and Bogdan Lalić of the Iona Technologies International Masters in Kilkenny. McShane led the 2002 British Championship in Torquay, and was in a good position in the final round before blundering and losing to the tournament’s winner, Ramachandran Ramesh. McShane finished tied for fourth.

He was born and raised in London, England.

Luke McShane Net Worth

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

As a child prodigy he won the World Under-10 Championship at the age of eight.

He was active in the stock market when he wasn’t playing chess and he is a strong blitz chess player, winning the 136-player Kuppenheim tournament in 2003

Luke James McShane (born 7 January 1984) is an English chess player. A chess prodigy, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000, at the age of 16. McShane has become one of England’s leading players and a member of the national team. He also works as a trader in London’s financial sector, and has been described as the world’s strongest amateur chess player.

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In January 2011 McShane came joint first with David Navara in the ‘B group’ of the Tata Steel tournament, winning on tie break and qualifying, with Navara, for the 2012 ‘A group’ but did not play, owing to work commitments.

Facts & Trivia

Luke Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Luke McShane celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.

He was booked to give a simultaneous display at the 2015 London Chess Classic, but also entered two of the Festival events. The first was the inaugural British Knockout Championship, where he was eliminated by Nick Pert in the semi-final. At the Super Rapidplay Open, in a field that included 33 grandmasters, he was the winner with 9½/10, a full point clear of second place.