Date |
Event
/ Achievement |
July 1996 |
Started learning basic chess moves from his father. |
August 1996 |
Joined Eastbourne Chess Club. |
September
1996 |
First tournament - Sussex Under-11
Open (won 3 out of 6 games). |
July 1997 |
Defeated WGM Susan Lalic at UK
Chess Challenge simultaneous display, Nottingham (aged 6). |
August
1998 |
British Under-8 champion, Torquay. |
April
1999 |
Youngest ever to win the IAPS
under-13 championship, Aldro School, Godalming. |
August
1999 |
British Under-9 and Under-10 champion,
Scarborough. |
29
August 1999 |
Defeated GM Dr John Nunn at the
Mind Sports Olympiad Rapidplay (5 minutes each on the clock). World
Record - youngest ever player to defeat a grandmaster in an organised
game. Appeared on BBC Breakfast TV, Good Morning America
and Blue Peter. |
11-12
Dec 1999 |
Youngest ever to win the London
Junior Under-14 Chess Congress, beating GM Nigel Short's record. |
28-30
Jan 2000 |
Youngest ever player to qualify
for a national championship (and the youngest ever qualifier for
the British Championship). |
2-10
Oct 2000 |
European Under-10 Championship – 2nd
prize (silver medal), Halkidiki, Greece. |
2
Jan 2001 |
Youngest ever Briton to beat a
grandmaster in classical chess, Hastings International Tournament
(opponent was GM Colin McNab; beating GM Luke Mcshane's record). |
31
Aug-9 Sept 2001 |
European Under-12 Championship – 1st
equal (bronze medal). Achieved FIDE Master (FM) title, Halkidiki,
Greece. |
1
March 2002 |
Youngest ever player to draw a
formal organised game with a World Champion - Vladimir Kramnik,
Einstein Cup exhibition match, London. Appeared on CBBC and Richard & Judy
Show (Channel 4). |
18
May 2002 |
World Circular Chess champion,
Lincoln. |
13
Aug 2002 |
Open air exhibition match versus
Russian WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk, Broadgate, City of London. |
15-24
Nov 2002 |
World Under-12 Championship – 3rd
prize (bronze medal), Crete. |
5-15
April 2003 |
Youngest Westerner to win an international
master tournament - 1st prize in First Saturday IM Tournament,
Budapest. David's first International Master (IM) norm. |
25
April 2003 |
Best Young Chess Player award,
Britain's Brilliant Prodigies, produced by Carlton TV and Children
in Crisis. |
25
June 2003 |
Defeated GM Jon Speelman in exhibition
rapidplay game, Regents Place, Euston. Event sponsored by
British Land. |
28
June 2003 |
Drew with world's youngest-ever
Grandmaster, Sergei Karjakin, in exhibition rapidplay game, Somerset
House, London, promoting the Art of Chess exhibition. |
21
July -1 Aug 2003 |
Achieved 2nd IM norm at the British
Championship, Edinburgh. |
25
-31 Aug 2003 |
Invited to play in the Staunton
Memorial Anniversary tournament against 3 strong grandmasters,
held at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London. David drew 2 games
out of 6. |
27
Jan - 5 Feb 2004 |
GibTelecom Masters, Gibraltar.
David achieved his third and final IM norm. |
| Jan 2007 |
Final GM Norm Sweden |
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19 Jan 2008 |
Won 20 Seconds Chess, London
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21-24 Mar 2008 |
Won
Jack
Speigel Memorial, Southend |
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| June 2008 |
David
retains English Chess Federation Player of the Year award |
|
19-27 Jul 2008 |
Won 27th
Open Internacional d’Escacs d’Andorra, Andorra
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| Aug 2008 |
World U20 Turkey 3rd= 9/13 |
| Aug 2008 |
Wins Barcelona
tournament |
Sep
2008 |
5th=
7/10 EU Chess
Championships Liverpool 2008 |
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3-11 Oct 2008 |
Won 8th Winterthur Chess Week Master Open,
Switzerland
|
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12-25 Nov 2008 |
38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden, Germany
|
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29-30 Nov 2008 |
Won
British Rapidplay Chess Championships,
Halifax, England
|
| 16
Jan - 1 Feb 2009 |
71st Corus Chess GM Group C, Wijk aan Zee,
Netherlands
|
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3-9 Jul 2009 |
37th
Greek Team Championship, Chalkidiki
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| David
will be playing in the following invited tournaments:
|
| 27Jul
- 7 Aug 2009 |
British
Championships, Torquay
|
| 8-17
Aug 2009
|
7th Howard
Staunton Memorial, London
|
| 18-26
Sept 2009 |
Inventi
Chess GM Tournament 2009,
Antwerp, Belgium
|
| 16-29
Oct 2009
|
World
Junior Chess Championship, Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| 8-15
Dec 2009
|
London
Chess Classic
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