Daniel Gormally

{{Short description|English chess grandmaster (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Daniel Gormally |image = Chess player selfie.jpg |birthname = Daniel William Gormally |country = England |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|05|04|df=yes}} |birth_place = South Shields, England |title = Grandmaster (2005) |rating = |peakrating = 2573 (January 2006) |FideID = 406465 }}

'''Daniel William Gormally''' (born 4 May 1976) is an English chess Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list.

==Chess career== Daniel was born in Hertford hospital, but soon moved to London. He first learned the moves at approximately seven years old, when his father Torsten taught him and his older sister.

He shared first place at the Politiken Cup in 1998 and won the Challengers tournament of the 78th Hastings International Chess Congress in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|title=TWIC: 78th Hastings Congress|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic427.html#14|publisher=The Week in Chess|accessdate=5 April 2016|date=2003-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pein|first=Malcolm|authorlink=Malcolm Pein|title=Gormally's glory|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/malcolmpein/3588288/Gormallys-glory.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=5 April 2016|date=2003-01-09}}</ref>

In September 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Šarūnas Šulskis, Luís Galego, Klaus Bischoff and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Championship in Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic619.html#2|title=TWIC 619: European Union Individual Championships|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=18 September 2006|publisher=The Week in Chess|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref> In November 2006, Gormally was joint winner of the British Rapidplay Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic626.html#7|title=TWIC 626: British Rapidplay|publisher=The Week in Chess|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=6 November 2006|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, he tied for the second place with David Howell and Nicholas Pert in the 102nd British Championship and eventually finished fourth on tiebreak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/102nd-british-chess-championships-2015|title=102nd British Chess Championship 2015|publisher=The Week in Chess|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=7 August 2015|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref> Also in 2015, he appeared as a contestant in three episodes of the television quiz ''Fifteen To One'' and in one episode of ''The Chase'', alongside a brief appearance on Beat the Pack in 2013.

Gormally played for the English national team in the 2005 European Team Chess Championship and 2006 Chess Olympiad.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/s60m0eyg.html Daniel Gormally] team chess record at Olimpbase.org</ref>

==Bibliography== *{{cite book|author=Gormally, Danny|title=Play Chess Like the PROs|publisher=Everyman Chess|year=2010|isbn=978-1857446272}} *{{cite book|author=Gormally, Danny|title=Calculate Like a Grandmaster|publisher=Batsford|year=2010|isbn=9781906388690}} *{{cite book|author=Gormally, Danny|title=Mating the Castled King|publisher=Quality Chess|year=2014|isbn=978-1-907982-71-2}} *{{cite book|last=Gormally|first=Daniel|title=Insanity, Passion and Addiction - A Year Inside the Chess World|date=2016|publisher=Chess Evolution|isbn=978-83-934656-9-9}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{365Chess.com player|Daniel_Gormally}} *{{chessgames player|49003}}

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