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Raymond Keene

(1948) Chess Player United Kingdom

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Raymond Keene is a chess player from the United Kingdom, best known for How to play the opening in chess.

Quick Facts About Raymond Keene

Born
January 29, 1948
Nationality
United Kingdom
Profession
Chess Player
Notable works
How to play the opening in chess

About Raymond Keene

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. 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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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