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Liam Vrolijk
Liam Vrolijk is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career In December 2018, Vrolijk tied for first place with GM Ottomar Ladva in the Groningen Chess Festival. Vrolijk lost the championship to Ladva on tiebreaks, though defeated GM Roeland Pruijssers in the final round. In April 2020, Vrolijk was defeated by Ahmed Adly in the Sunway Sitges International Online Chess Open, which was the first online Swiss tournament held under classical time controls. In February 2021, Vrolijk tied for 13th place with a score of 8.5/11 in the Titled Tuesday Blitz tournament. At the event, he managed draws against higher-rated players Mustafa Yılmaz Mustafa Yılmaz (born 5 November 1992) is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012. He is a three-time Turkish Chess Champion. He earned the titles of FIDE Master (FM) in 2008 and International ... and Rudik Makarian. In August 2022, Vrolijk fulfilled all of the requirements for the Grandmaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands
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Capelle Aan Den IJssel
Capelle aan den IJssel (; en, Capelle on the IJssel) is a small city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of , of which is water. It is situated on the eastern edge of Rotterdam, on the Hollandse IJssel river. The town has what is probably the country's smallest museum, the Dief en Duif huis ("House of Thieves and Pigeons"). Now a historical museum, it served as the prison for the castle of Capelle and is all that now remains of the 16th-century castle. On opposing sides of the A16 motorway are two business parks called ''Rivium'' and ''Brainpark'' respectively. Companies based in the larger Rivium include Rockwell Automation, Pfizer Nederland, Sodexho Nederland, Royal Dutch Shell, Van Oord, and many more. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Capelle aan den IJssel, June 2015.'' Public transport Capelle aan den IJssel is connected to the Rotterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally it has been revoked for cheating. The title of Grandmaster, along with the lesser FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and FIDE Master (FM), is open to all players regardless of gender. The great majority of grandmasters are men, but 40 women have been awarded the GM title as of 2022, out of a total of about 2000 grandmasters. Since about the year 2000, most of the top 10 women have held the GM title. There is also a Woman Grandmaster title with lower requirements awarded only to women. There are also Grandmaster titles for composers and solvers of chess problems, awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition (see List of grandmasters for chess composition). The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) awards the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Ladva
Ottomar Ladva (born 17 June 1997) is an Estonian chess player and grandmaster. He is a four-time Estonian Chess Champion (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018). Chess career Ladva won the Estonian Junior Chess Championships (U18) in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Since 2006 he has participated in the European Junior Chess Championships and in European Union's Junior Chess Championships in different age groups. In the Estonian Chess Championship, he has won four gold (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018) and one silver (2014) medals. He became the youngest Estonian champion at age 15, when he beat Lembit Oll's (1982) record. In June 2015, he won a round-robin tournament in Riga finalised to get a Grandmaster norm. Ladva represented Estonia in Chess Olympiads: ''OlimpBase.org''. * In 2012, at reserve board i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roeland Pruijssers
Roeland Pruijssers (born 16 August 1989) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career Born in 1989, Pruijssers earned his international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... title in 2007 and his grandmaster title in 2012. He won the Leiden Open in 2016, scoring 7/9. He is the No. 13 ranked Dutch player as of June 2021. References External links * * 1989 births Living people Chess grandmasters Dutch chess players Sportspeople from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht {{Netherlands-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Adly
Ahmed Adly ( ar, أحمد عدلي, born 18 February 1987) is an Egyptian chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. As a chess prodigy, Adly acquired his International Master title in 2001 at the age of 14 at the U20 Championship of 2004. Adly then went on to earn his Grandmaster title in 2005, making him the first Egyptian and the youngest ever African to achieve this feat. As of May 2022, Adly holds the second-highest rating in Egypt and Africa. Personal life Adly was born in Cairo, Egypt, on the 18th of February 1987. At the age of 6, Adly's father, Adly Ibrahim, taught Adly Chess wherein he discovered his talent. Adly had been practicing fencing and had already acquired the third place for his age group. Nevertheless, as Adly grew older, Ibrahim noticed his talent and directed him towards his chess career. Adly graduated from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport with a degree in Business Administration in 2010. Subsequently, Adly went on to start his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Yılmaz
Mustafa Yılmaz (born 5 November 1992) is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012. He is a three-time Turkish Chess Champion. He earned the titles of FIDE Master (FM) in 2008 and International Master (IM) in 2009. He is a native of Mamak in Ankara. Yılmaz began playing chess at the age of seven, encouraged by his older sister Ezgi Yılmaz, also a Turkish chess champion. He attended the same chess course in Mamak, Ankara with Kübra Öztürk, who became a Woman Grandmaster (WGM). In 2008, Yılmaz was admitted to the Turkish national chess team. The same year, he took part in the 38th Chess Olympiad held in Dresden, Germany. In 2009, he became the youngest Turkish chess champion, defeating Barış Esen in the final round and reaching a total score of 11½/13. At the initiative of the Turkish Chess Federation, in 2012 he entered the Chess Department of Russian State Social University in Moscow along with Burak Fırat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudik Makarian
Rudik Makarian (born July 30, 2004 in Alatuman, Georgia) is a Georgian-born Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... in 2019. Chess career Makarian won the U-16 World Youth Chess Championship in 2019 and the Russian Junior Chess Championship in 2020. He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was defeated 1½-½ by Kacper Piorun in the first round. Top 32 Juniors FIDE February 2024. References External links * *Rudik Makarianchess games at 365Chess.com 2004 births Living people Russian chess players Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Russia Chess International Masters People from Samtskhe–Javakheti World Youth Chess Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024. The competition followed a similar format to the previous year's edition, taking place at the Dorpshuis De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, while round 9 of the Masters section was played at the AFAS Circustheater in The Hague, Netherlands as part of the competition's "Chess on Tour" event. The Masters section was won by China's Wei Yi, who defeated India's Gukesh D by a score of 1.5–0.5 in the finals of a four-player knockout tournament tiebreak. India's Leon Luke Mendonca won the Challengers' section, earning a spot in the 2025 Tata Steel Masters event. Both the Masters and Challengers sections were eligible for the 2024 FIDE Circuit. The event witnessed a four-way tie for first place for the first time since 1989, between the defending champion Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gukesh D and eventual champion Wei Yi. Organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Luke Mendonca
Leon Luke Mendonca (born 13 March 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the sixty-seventh Indian to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in January 2021. Chess career Mendonca became an International Master (IM) in 2019 at the age of 12 years, 11 months and 3 days. He got stuck in Eastern Europe due to COVID lockdowns in March 2020. He attained his first Grandmaster norm at the Rigochess Grandmaster tournament in Hungary in October 2020. Within a span of 21 days, he won another Grandmaster tournament at Budapest earning him the second Grandmaster norm. Mendonca achieved his third and final norm in December 2020 by finishing second at the Vergani Cup in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. He became the second grandmaster from the state of Goa after Anurag Mhamal achieving the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days. He was officially awarded the title of grandmaster (GM) in January 2021. In January 2024, Mendonca won the Challengers' section of the Tata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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