William Nicholas Watson (born 18 April 1962 in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

) is an English chess Grandmaster titleholder. Watson was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1992 and

British Chess Champion The British Chess Championships are organised by the English Chess Federation. The main tournament incorporates the British Championship, the English Chess Championships and the British Women's Chess Championship so it is possible, although it has ...

in 1994.

Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky ( rus, Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 ...

once described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun. Watson has long been inactive as a competitive chess player, and is a tax attorney and partner at Slaughter and May.Slaughter and May - William Watson
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* 1962 births Living people People from Baghdad Chess grandmasters English chess players {{England-chess-bio-stub