Daniel J. King
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| Full name | Daniel John King |
| Country | England |
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28 August 1963 London, England |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2466 (April 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2560 (July 1990) |
Daniel John King (born 28 August 1963 in Beckenham, England) is an English chess grandmaster, writer, coach, journalist and broadcaster.
When at his most active as a player of the game, he made solid progress, picking up the International Master title in 1982 and the Grandmaster title in 1989. King won minor tournaments around the world and recorded promising results at some of the more prestigious events, for example 4th= at Bern 1987, 4th= British Championship 1987, 1st= (with Boris Gelfand) at the Sydney Open 1988, 5th= London 1988, 2nd= Dortmund 1988 and 2nd (after Bent Larsen) London 1989. At the Geneva Young Masters in 1990, he shared first place with the Australian Ian Rogers. There then followed a parallel media career that spanned the presenter, commentator, reporter, analyst spectrum and this most likely impacted on his playing career, by limiting the opportunity for dedicated research and study. Nevertheless, as a professional player for more than 20 years, he has continued to play chess at a high level, including the top leagues of the Bundesliga and 4NCL. In 1996, he was the winner of the Bunratty Masters, an Irish tournament with an impressive list of previous winners, including John Nunn, Sergei Tiviakov and Peter Svidler.
King also achieved international team honours, representing England at the European Team Chess Championship (Haifa 1989) and at the Reykjavik VISA Chess Summit of 1990, the latter being the scene of a celebrated victory over the Soviet team and a team silver medal.
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