John Nunn

John Nunn
Nunn in 2010
Born
John Denis Martin Nunn

(1955-04-25) 25 April 1955
London, England
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Oxford (D.Phil.)
ThesisSome Problems in Algebraic Topology (1978)
Doctoral advisorJohn Hubbuck
Chess career
CountryEngland
Title
World Champion
FIDE rating2514 (March 2026)
Peak rating2630 (January 1995)
Peak rankingNo. 9 (January 1985)

John Denis Martin Nunn (born 25 April 1955) is an English chess grandmaster, a three-time world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician. He is one of England's strongest chess players and was formerly in the world's top ten.