Daniel William Gormally (born 4 May 1976) is an

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Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list. He was born in South Shields and was brought into the game of chess by his father at the age of 7. Both being members of the South Shields Chess Club. He shared first place at the

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in 1998 and in 2003, won the Challengers tournament of the 78th Hastings International Chess Congress. In September 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with

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and

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in the 2nd EU Individual Championship in

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. In November 2006 Gormally was joint winner of the British Rapidplay Chess Championship. In 2015 he tied for the second place with David Howell and

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in the 102nd British Championship and eventually finished fourth on tiebreak. Also in 2015, he appeared as a contestant in three episodes of the television quiz ''

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'' and in one episode of '' The Chase''. Gormally played for the English national team in the 2005

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and

2006 Chess Olympiad The 37th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 37° Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as we ...

.Daniel Gormally
team chess record at Olimpbase.org

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