Nicholas Pert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British chess player
Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1981
Place of Birth: Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
Profession: chess player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Nicholas Pert
- Nicholas Pert (born 22 January 1981) is an English chess 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 37th Chess Olympiad 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 Ipswich School and Oakham School, the latter 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 tournament 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. In 2015, Pert tied for 2nd–4th with David Howell and Daniel Gormally, finishing third on tiebreak, in the British Chess Championship and later that year, he finished runner-up in the inaugural British Knockout Championship, which was held alongside the London Chess Classic.
- In this latter event, Pert, who replaced Nigel Short after his late withdrawal, eliminated Jonathan Hawkins in the quarterfinals and Luke McShane in the semifinals, then he lost to David Howell 4-6 in the final.Nicholas Pert was married to Michele in October 2009.
- He is the twin brother of chess International Master Richard Pert.
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