GM Luke McShane wins London Chess Classic Super RapidPlay, which was held over the weekend alongside the main tournament, scoring a near perfect 9.5/10 points. The tournament featured 368 players from 47 different countries, with 226 players from the English...
World’s Strongest Amateur? Debatable!
Luke McShane finds balance to cement his place as world’s top amateur Leonard Barden Friday 14 August 2015 14.31 EDT England’s Luke McShane is currently the world’s strongest amateur as the City financial trader keeps his place among the...
Oxford grad faces against the world’s best
Poll victory is testament to popularityBy Matt Rose8:30am Thursday 14th June 2012 in Leisure At the Tal Memorial — the strongest chess tournament of the year — it’s great to see Oxford University graduate Luke McShane being given a...
Tal Memorial 2012
The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 7th to 19th June, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Radjabov Teimour, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana have confirmed the participation. The venue, tournament format and...
Public vote elects Luke McShane for the Tal Memorial
Public vote elects Luke McShane for the Tal Memorial The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 7th to 19th June, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. Two weeks ago the RCF started the voting contest allowing the chess fans...
Carlsen, McShane, Kramnik win, Nakamura to 4th on day off
Rd7 results: Short 0-1 McShaneKramnik 1-0 HowellAronian ½-½ AnandCarlsen 1-0 AdamsNakamura (bye) Standings after 7 rounds 1 McShane 3w 3d 0l 12 – 3 black wins 2 Kramnik 3w 3d 0l 12 – 1 black win 3 Carlsen 3w...
Luke McShane helps London Classic live up to its name
Luke McShane helps London Classic live up to its nameLeonard BardenFriday 9 December 2011 07.52 EST The London Classic at Kensington Olympia reaches its final three rounds this weekend, and is well worth a visit. Spectators can watch the...
The local star shines at the London Chess Classic
Luke McShane is approaching 2700. He is the future of chess in England. He’s also tied for the lead with Magnus Carlsen after 4 rounds at the London Chess Classic. Standings after 4 rounds(crosstable by TWIC) 1. Carlsen, Magnus...
Chess, by Luke McShane
Chess By Luke McShaneSunday December 26,2010 FIGHTING spirit was much in evidence at the 2nd London Chess Classic earlier this month. Much of this was down to the attitude of the players themselves, of course, as well as the...
Changing guard
Gawain Jones and Luke McShane blossom as British chess changes guardLeonard BardenThursday 23 December 2010 20.22 GMT For the best part of two decades Michael Adams and Nigel Short have been the top dogs in UK chess. Short challenged...