The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NIGEL SHORT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NIGEL SHORT The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 12, 2020
3% ALI Greatest boxer of the 20th century (3)
3% ENDGAME Final phase in chess (7) The Times Concise Jul 30, 2025
3% NUREYEV 20th-century ballet great (7) The Times Concise Jul 14, 2025
2% EVANS Dan ____, British tennis player (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 4, 2025
2% TWO Number of players in a chess match (3)
2% MEN Chess pieces (3) Thomas Joseph Sep 3, 2025
2% ALAN Ball in the 1966 World Cup final? (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 29, 2025
2% IRIS ___ Murdoch, 20th-century English novelist (4) (4) Puzzler Aug 27, 2025
2% RUBENXAUS First Spanish rider to win a race in the Superbike World Championship; at Oschersleben, Germany, in 2001 (5,4) (9) Mirror Quiz Aug 27, 2025

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