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David Wei Liang Howell (born 14 November 1990) is an English chess Grandmaster and the current British Chess Champion. 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. The previous record holder Luke McShane was six months older when he became a grandmaster.Howell was born in Eastbourne to Angeline (originally from Singapore) and Martin Howell.