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Raymond Keene

1948 - Today

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Raymond Dennis Keene (born 29 January 1948) is an English chess grandmaster, a FIDE International Arbiter, a chess organiser, and a journalist and author. He won the British Chess Championship in 1971, and was the first player from England to earn a Grandmaster norm, in 1974, at the Nice Olympiad. In 1976, he became the second Englishman (following Tony Miles) to be awarded the Grandmaster title, and he was the second British chess player to beat an incumbent World Chess Champion (following Jonathan Penrose's defeat of Mikhail Tal in 1960). He represented England in eight Chess Olympiads. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Keene is the 264th most popular chess player (down from 263rd in 2024), the 6,142nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,223rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Raymond Keene ranks 264 out of 461. Before him are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Aaron Alexandre, Manuel Aaron, Leonid Yudasin, Teimour Radjabov, and Jana Bellin. After him are Pavel Eljanov, Evgenij Ermenkov, Joël Lautier, Almira Skripchenko, Yury Dokhoian, and Xu Yuhua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Raymond Keene ranks 742. Before him are Jacky Duguépéroux, Calvin Murphy, Csaba Hegedűs, Oleg Dolmatov, David Davis, and Byron K. Lichtenberg. After him are Patrika Darbo, Dan Issel, Robert J. Cenker, José Navarro, Georgia Engel, and Leonid Levin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Keene ranks 6,146 out of 8,785. Before him are Nick Fry (1956), Angela Scoular (1945), Marc Quinn (1964), Ben Green (1977), John Keble (1792), Julian Marley (1975), Barry Atsma (1972), and Charles Stross (1964). After him are Charles Brabin (1882), Ella Purnell (1996), Trevor Nunn (1940), and Samuel West (1966).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Raymond Keene ranks 15. Before him are Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), John Nunn (1955), Tony Miles (1955), and Harry Golombek (1911). After him are Stuart Conquest (1967), Jovanka Houska (1980), and Luke McShane (1984).

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