John Michael Emms (born 14 March 1967) is an English
chess
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Grandmaster and chess author. He tied for first in the 1997 British Championship.
Chess career
Born in 1967, Emms learned to play chess at the age of five or six. He finished joint first in the
Politiken Cup in 1992 and 1993, and was awarded his
grandmaster title in 1995. He tied for first place in the 1997
British Chess Championship
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, but lost out on the title in the play-off round.
He was the 2002 captain of the English Olympiad team. In October 2004, he also
coached a woman's team in the
36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià ,
Majorca
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Chess UK
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References
External links
Everyman ChessJohn Emms Games
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1967 births
Living people
English chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess coaches
National team coaches
English chess writers
English male non-fiction writers