What is Luke McShane?
{{Infobox chess player |playername = Luke McShane |image = Luke McShane 2013.jpg |image_size=230px |caption = Luke McShane (2013) |birthname = Luke James McShane |country = {{ENG}} |datebirth = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|7|df=yes}} |placebirth = London, England |death_date = |death_place = |title = Grandmaster |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2706 <br /><small>(#39 in the May 2012 [[FIDE]] world rankings)</small> |peakrating = 2706 <small>(May 2012)</small> |FideID = 404853 }}[[File:Luke McShane.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Luke McShane: rated 2664 on the [[FIDE]] list, January 2011.]] [[File:McShane,Luke 1992 Duisburg.jpg|thumb|230px|Luke McShane, 1992 at [[Duisburg]]]] '''Luke McShane''' (born 7 January 1984) is an English [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]. A former World Youth Champion, he is one of England's leading players and a member of the English [[Chess Olympiad]] team. He has also been a trader in London's financial sector. == Early career == McShane won the World Under-10 Championship in Duisburg at the age of eight. Shortly afterwards he found a sponsor in the form of computer company [[Psion]]. At sixteen he became the then youngest ever British grandmaster. In January 2004 McShane was ranked second in the world among junior (under-21) players behind [[Teimour Radjabov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/ratings/toparc.phtml?cod=59|title=Top 20 Juniors January 2004|publisher=FIDE}}</ref> == Grandmaster == From around 2002, McShane has been facing stiffer opposition, including players from the world's top ten. He played for England in the 2002 [[Chess Olympiad]] in [[Bled]], scoring 6½/11, and won the silver medal at the World Junior Championship in [[Goa]]. In 2009/10 he tied for first through fifth place at the 39th Rilton Cup in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/39th-rilton-cup-2009-10|title=39th Rilton Cup 2009-10|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2010-01-05|publisher=Chess.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2010|archive-