List of Achievements

 

• Age 4

• • • Learn to play the game  (ignited by the Short-Kasparov match in London)

• Age 6

• • • Competing in Chess tournaments

• Age 9

• • • Youngest player in the World to beat an International Master

• Age 10

• • • Mind Sports Olympiad U18 Section – 2 Gold Medal

• Age 11

• • • World U12 Championships – 13th place and beat the European Champion

• Age 12

• • • Winner of the British U14 & U16 title

• Age 16

• • • Achieved International Master title

• 2006

• • • 2nd in Fugen,2nd= European Individual Open Championship

• 2007

• • • 1st Porto San Giorgio, 1st La Laguna
    • Achieved Grandmaster Title

• 2008

• • • Authored first book Starting Out: Grand Prix Attack
    • 1st= Sydney International
    • Represented England at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany (Board 5)

• 2010

• • • 1st=  London Chess Classic Open(with Grandmaster Simon Williams)
    • Represented England at the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia(Board 5)

• 2011

• • • 1st in Bunratty Masters
    • 4NCL Champion with Pride and Prejudice – scored 8/9
    • Commonwealth Chess Champion – Gold Medal
    • British Chess Championship – 3rd= with IM Jonathan Hawkins

• 2012

• • • January 2012 – Entered Top 100 in the World
    • 99th British Chess Champion and Joint English Champion
    • 2nd Board at the 2012 Chess Olympics
    • Played at the London Chess Classic
    • Hastings Chess Champion

• 2014

• • January 2012 – Entered Top 100 in the World
  • 2nd= Politiken Cup
  • Board 2 England Olympiad
  • Won Match against Romain Edourd 4-2

• 2015

• •  2671 Peak Rating
  • Wrote Dragon Books

• 2016

• • New Zealand Open,Rapid and Blitz Champion
  • Gibraltar 2nd=
  • Dubai Open  & Blitz Champion
  • Board 4 England Chess Olympiad
  • Millionaire Open 2nd
  • Completed a Half Marathon

• 2017

• • Tata Steel Challengers – Winner
    
  • Dubai Open – Winner
  • European Individual – qualified for the 2017 World Cup
  • British Chess Champion

• 2018

• • Tata Steel Masters Participant
  • 2nd=  European Individual – qualified for the 2019 World Cup
  • Spanish League Champion with Sestao – 4.5/6
  • 4th =, England – Batumi Olympiad
  • 3rd=, Isle of Man Open
  • British Knockout Champion
  • World Number 49, with a peak rating of 2691

• 2019

• • Details to come…