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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40 Potential Answers:

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% BLACKANDWHITE Unqualified chess players (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
2% AMISH Rumspringa participants (5) USA Today Oct 19, 2025
2% ARAL ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster (4) New York Times Oct 18, 2025
2% LAURA 21st-century first lady (5) New York Times Oct 18, 2025
2% BLACK Chess player making the second move (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 15, 2025
2% MATING Beating at chess (6) Premier Sunday Oct 12, 2025
2% REVELER Party participant (7) Newsday Oct 12, 2025
2% MOVES Chess turns (5) Universal Oct 11, 2025
2% MAN Chess piece (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 10, 2025

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