Danny Gormally

Danny Gormally, London 2010

Danny Gormally (born 4 May 1976), is a British chess Grandmaster. On the July 2011 FIDE rating list his Elo rating was 2519. His peak rating was 2573 on the January 2006 rating list. Nationally he is ranked 15th, and is the 14th strongest of England's 26 grandmasters. He was a member of the English team competing in the 37th Chess Olympiad and prematurely left the Olympiad after assaulting Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian over the Australian Woman International Master Arianne Caoili at one of the evening social events.^[1]

In 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Šarūnas Šulskis, Luís Galego, Klaus Bischoff and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool.^[2]

He is a former member of Charlton Chess Club and currently plays for Wood Green.

In November 2006 Gormally was joint winner of the British Rapidplay Chess Championship.

Bibliography

• Gormally, Danny; Kosten, Tony (1999). Easy Guide to the Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1857445295. 
• Gormally, Danny (2010). Calculate Like a Grandmaster. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388690. 

References

1. ^ Crabb, Annabel (11 June 2006). "I fell in love, says chess brawl man". The Age (Melbourne). http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/i-fell-in-love-says-chess-brawl-man/2006/06/10/1149815362235.html. Retrieved 2006-09-25. 
2. ^ Crowther, Mark (18 September 2006). "TWIC 619: European Union Individual Championships". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic619.html#2. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 

External links

• FIDE rating card for Danny Gormally
• Danny Gormally player profile at ChessGames.com
• Statistics at ChessWorld.net

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