Mark Hebden is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.

Hebden was British Rapidplay Chess Champion

British Rapidplay Chess Championships

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships is a rapid play chess congress held in the UK annually since 1986 under the auspices of the English Chess Federation...

 in 1990, 1994, 2001, 2005 and 2009.

He played for England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 in the European Team Chess Championships of 1983, 1989 and 2007.

He was equal first in four editions of the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open

Cappelle-la-Grande Open

The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985.It has become over the years one of the strongest opens in the world, after the Aeroflot Open of Moscow...

: 1989, 1990, 1995 and 1997.

In 2001 he tied for 1st-4th with Yannick Pelletier

Yannick Pelletier

Yannick Pelletier is a Swiss chess player. He has been a Grandmaster since 2001, and won the Swiss Chess Championship in 1995, 2000, and 2002....

, Tamaz Gelashvili

Tamaz Gelashvili

Tamaz Gelashvili is a chess grandmaster from Georgia. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1999. His highest FIDE rating has been 2623, achieved in October 2007. His national ranking is fourth and he has played for...

 and Vladimir Tukmakov

Vladimir Tukmakov

Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov is a Jewish-Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He gained the Grandmaster title in 1972.His career first blossomed when he helped and then led the USSR to consecutive wins of the World Student Team Championship from 1966 to 1972, bagging nine gold medals along the way.In the...

 in the 9th Neuchâtel Open and in 2009/10 tied for 1st-4th with Andrei Istrăţescu

Andrei Istratescu

Andrei Istrăţescu is a chess grandmaster .For the national Romanian team he took part in six Chess Olympiads with a record of 17 wins, 33 draws and 11 losses. He also took part in three European Team Chess Championships with a record of 3 wins, 14 draws and 2 losses...

, Romain Edouard and David Howell

David Howell (chess player)

David Wei Liang Howell is an English chess player. He is the youngest chess Grandmaster in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 when he was 16...

 in the Hastings International Chess Congress

Hastings International Chess Congress

The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual chess congress which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year. The main event is the Hastings Premier tournament, which was traditionally a 10 to 16 player round-robin tournament. In 2004/05 the tournament was played in the...

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