Nicholas Pert (born 22 January 1981) is an English

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grandmaster. Pert was the World Under-18 Chess Champion in 1998 and British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2004. He has represented England at the highest level, including the

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. Having previously attained good results at the European U-12 and U-14 championships where he finished 3rd and 4th respectively, he attended

Ipswich School Ipswich School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 3 to 18 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. North of the town centre, Ipswich School has four parts on three adjacent sites. The Pre-Prep and Nursery ...

and

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, the latter known at the time for its chess excellence and a venue for some of the strongest international young master events. He later took up a place at

Warwick University , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

, graduating with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics. Pert then trained as an actuary, before returning to full-time chess playing and coaching. As with many chess professionals these days, he has also played poker as a means of supplementing his income. Although he has not devoted himself entirely to the advancement of his chess-playing career, his rating has nevertheless shown a steady rise over the years and he can now be regarded as one of England's leading Grandmasters and a coach of some of England's most promising new talents. At the Guernsey Festival tournament of 2010, he won the event on tie-break from Grandmasters

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and

Evgeny Sveshnikov Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov ( rus, Евгений Эллинович Све́шников; lv, Jevgēņijs Svešņikovs; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FID ...

. This brought his run of undefeated games, since the 2008 British Championship, to fifty-two. In 2015, Pert tied for 2nd–4th with David Howell and Daniel Gormally, finishing third on tiebreak, in the

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and later that year, he finished runner-up in the inaugural British Knockout Championship, which was held alongside the

London Chess Classic The London Chess Classic is a chess festival held at the Olympia Conference Centre, West Kensington, London. The flagship event is a strong invitational tournament between some of the world's top grandmasters. A number of subsidiary events cov ...

. In this latter event, Pert, who replaced Nigel Short after his late withdrawal, eliminated

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in the quarterfinals and

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in the semifinals, then he lost to David Howell 4–6 in the final. Pert was married to Michele in October 2009. He is the twin brother of chess International Master Richard Pert. Pert is the current British Chess Champion. He won the 2021 British Championships outright in Hull in October 2021.

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* * * * 1981 births Living people Chess grandmasters English chess players World Youth Chess Champions Alumni of the University of Warwick Sportspeople from Ipswich {{England-chess-bio-stub