Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Morris (chess player)

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The result was delete Samir 05:49, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

James Morris (chess player)

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This chess player is not yet notable enough. While he is certainly showing promising results, so far he has not won any significant international tournament (say, Corus Steel or Linares...), he has not won the title of "FIDE grandmaster" (which is typically considered as notable on Wikipedia) and he has not represented his country in major international competitions (like the chess olympiads). SyG (talk) 13:40, 26 February 2012 (UTC) SyG (talk) 13:40, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Per nominator, the subject of the article has insufficient notability. Most IMs will have similar achievements, including Elo 2500+ performances and successes at junior level. Brittle heaven (talk) 22:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As others have noted, this person doesn't fit the notability criteria for chess players. In terms of active play, he is an unexceptional IM, and has done nothing else in chess that would merit an entry.ChessPlayerLev (talk) 20:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Endorsed I requested Wikipedia Deletion Review on Dec 3, 2013. Reasons given were "James Morris again won the 2012 Australasian Masters international chess tournament, and survived a widely-publicized motor vehicle accident which drew a lot of media attention." The outcome was to endorse the deletion.

Garybekker (talk) 01:52, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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