Luke McShane
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Luke James McShane (born 7 January 1984) is an English chess player.
A chess prodigy, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000, at the age of 16.
McShane has become one of England's leading players and a member of the national team.
He also works as a trader in London's financial sector, and has been described as the world's strongest amateur chess player.
Education and part-time status
McShane attended Westminster Under School and then City of London School, before entering Oxford University in 2003, where he read philosophy and mathematics at University College. In the summer of 2006 he interned at Goldman Sachs in FICC. After graduating in the summer of 2007, he worked there as a trader. A brief increase in his chess activity occurred when he subsequently left his job, but he was forced to decline his invitation to the 2011 British Championship when he later returned to full-time employment. He continues to play in a reduced capacity and has been referred to as the world's strongest amateur.
Early career
At the age of eight, McShane won the World Under ten Championship in Duisburg. He found a sponsor in the form of computer firm Psion and appeared Garry Kasparov at a simultaneous exhibition in 1995. He became the youngest Briton to win the Grandmaster title in Germany, Iceland, and the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark, at 16 years old. He held the record until David Howell broke it in January 2007. McShane was ranked second in the world among junior (under 21) players in January 2004, behind Teimour Radjabov.