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% BLACKANDWHITE Unqualified chess players (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
2% ROOK Corner chess piece (4) New York Times Nov 9, 2025
2% TITLES Championships (6) Eugene Sheffer Nov 6, 2025
2% END Finale (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 1, 2025
2% MARYDECKER 1983 World Championships women's 1,500m and 3,000m gold medallist (4,6) (10) Mirror Quiz Oct 31, 2025
2% HUME David ____, 18th-century British philosopher (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 28, 2025
2% SACKER Blitz participant (6) Thomas Joseph Oct 27, 2025
2% ATLAST "Finally!" (6) Universal Oct 23, 2025
2% MEN Chess pieces (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 21, 2025

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