| Nigel Davies | |
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| Full name | Nigel Rodney Davies |
| Country | England (until 2015) Wales (since 2015) |
| Born | 31 July 1960 Southport, England |
| Title | Grandmaster (1993) |
| Peak rating | 2530 (January 1995) |
Nigel Davies (born 31 July 1960) is a Welsh[1] chess Grandmaster, chess coach and writer.
Davies won the British (Under-21) Boys Championship in 1979[2] and the British Rapidplay Chess Championship in 1987.
In July 2015 Davies transferred his FIDE registration from England to Wales and will become eligible to represent them internationally.[3]
- ^ "Davies, Nigel R". FIDE. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Saunders, John. "British Chess Champions 1904-2008". BritBase. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ "Bitter feuding in the chess world as English grandmaster defects to Wales". 24 October 2015.