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Raymond Keene

English chess player, arbiter, organiser, journalist and author · United Kingdom · On the map · Chess Players · Born 1948 · age 78

Raymond Dennis Keene is an English chess grandmaster, a FIDE International Arbiter, a chess organiser, and a journalist and author. He won the British Chess Championship in 1971, and was the first player from England to earn a Grandmaster norm, in 1974, at the Nice Olympiad.

Raymond Keene is read about 45 times a day, in 15 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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In 1976, he became the second Englishman to be awarded the Grandmaster title, and he was the second British chess player to beat an incumbent World Chess Champion. He represented England in eight Chess Olympiads.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Chess Players
Type
Chess Player
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78