Nigel Davies (chess player)

Nigel Davies (born 31 July 1960) is an English^[1] chess Grandmaster, chess coach and writer.

Nigel Davies
Full name	Nigel Rodney Davies
Country	England (until 2015; since 2022) Wales (2015-2022)
Born	(1960-07-31) 31 July 1960 (age 64) Southport, England
Title	Grandmaster (1993)
Peak rating	2530 (January 1995)

Davies won the British (Under-21) Boys Championship in 1979^[2] and the British Rapidplay Chess Championship in 1987.

In July 2015 Davies transferred his FIDE registration from England to Wales and became eligible to represent them internationally,^[3] he transferred back to England in 2022.^[4]

Books

• Davies, Nigel (1998). The Chess Player's Battle Manual. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-7043-7.
• Davies, Nigel (1998). The Power Chess Program. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8415-2.
• Davies, Nigel (2002). The Grünfeld Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-239-3.
• Davies, Nigel (2003). The Veresov. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857443356.
• Davies, Nigel (2004). The Dynamic Reti. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857443523.
• Davies, Nigel (2005). The Trompowsky. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1857443764.
• Davies, Nigel (2008). King's Indian Attack. Hamburg: ChessBase. ISBN 978-3-86681-071-6.
• Davies, Nigel (2008). Starting Out: The Modern. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445664.
• Davies, Nigel (2009). Play the Catalan. Gloucester Publishers plc (formerly Everyman Publishers plc). ISBN 9781857445916.