William Watson (chess player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

William Watson (chess player)

English chess player

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Profession: chess player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

William Nicholas Watson (born 18 April 1962 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster. Watson was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1992 and British Chess Champion in 1994.
Boris Spassky once described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun.
Nowadays a practicing tax lawyer and a partner at Slaughter and May, Watson has for many years been inactive as a chess player.