Nicholas Pert

Nicholas Pert
Nick Pert in 2004
Full name	Nicholas Pert
Country	England
Born	22 January 1981 (1981-01-22) (age 30) Ipswich, England
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2570 (November 2010)
Peak rating	2570 (November 2010)

Nicholas Pert (also known as Nick Pert, born 1981) is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.

Pert was the World Under-18 Chess Champion in 1998 and British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2004. He has represented England at the highest level, including the Chess Olympiad of 2006 in Turin.

Having previously attained good results at the European U-12 and U-14 Championships where he finished 3rd and 4th respectively, he attended Oakham School, known at the time for its chess excellence and a venue for some of the strongest international young master events. He later took up a place at Warwick University, graduating with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics. Pert then trained as an Actuary, before returning to full time chess playing and coaching. As with many chess professionals these days, he has also played poker as a means of supplementing his income.

Although he has not devoted himself entirely to the advancement of his chess-playing career, his rating has nevertheless shown a steady rise over the years and he can now be regarded as one of England's leading Grandmasters and a coach of some of England's most promising new talents. At the Guernsey Festival tourmnament of 2010, he won the event on tie-break from Grandmasters Tiger Hillarp Persson and Evgeny Sveshnikov. This brought his run of undefeated games, since the 2008 British Championship, to fifty-two.

Nicholas Pert was married to Michele in October 2009. He is the twin brother of chess International Master Richard Pert.

External links

• FIDE rating card for Nicholas Pert
• Nicholas Pert player profile at ChessGames.com

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Name	Pert, Nicholas
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Date of birth	1981-01-22
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
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