International Chess Grandmaster
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,
a title conferred by Her Majesty the Queen in person.
Author of 206 books.
Organiser of thirty World Memory Championships from 1991 to the present day.
Currently Chess columnist for The British Chess Magazine and The Article.
Raymond Keene OBE (left) with Tony Buzan (right)
Raymond Keene OBE
MATrinity College Cambridge University, where I shared lodgings with Prince Charles, the present King Charles III, for my final year. Major field of study for MA at Cambridge University: German language, history, literature and culture.
Former British Chess champion, gold medalist in the EU and European championships, silver medal in the Junior world championship and bronze medalist in the World Team Olympiad and Commonwealth championships.
Chess correspondent for The Times of London 1985-2019 ( axed when I reached age 72).
Chess Correspondent for The Spectator 1977-2019 (“coincidentally” axed at the same time).
Author of a world record 205 books on chess, Mind Sports , Genius and Thinking. Book 206 Chess in the Year of the King in preparation.
Books translated into fourteen different languages , including Spanish , Hungarian and Chinese.
Global Life President Emeritus of the World Mind Sports Councils and President of the Brain Trust Charity.
The organiser of thirty World Memory Championships from 1991 to the present day’
Organiser of the first ever Human v Computer world championship in ANY thinking sport, namely Dr Tinsley v Chinook computer World Draughts championship London 1992.
Organiser and fundraiser for three of Garry Kasparov’s world chess championships in 1986/1993/2000
Currently Chess columnist for The British Chess Magazine and The Article