Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess grandmaster and author.

Career

Born in

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

, England, Fernandez was the joint under-9 British champion in 2004. Shortly afterwards, his family relocated to Singapore, where he was a member of that country's National Junior Squad. While living there, he attained 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 2010. In team competitions, Fernandez represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 2012, and in the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2007. Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

. He was the British under-18 champion in 2013 and the British under-21 champion in 2014. Fernandez was awarded the title of Grandmaster in October 2017, at the 88th

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Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey. Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.

Personal life

Fernandez was born in England to a Singaporean father of Indian descent and an English mother. He moved to Singapore in 2004 with his parents, before returning to England to study.

Publications

* Fernandez, Daniel (2018). ''The Modernized Caro-Kann: A Complete Repertoire against 1.e4''. Thinkers Publishing. * Daniel Fernandez (2018). ''The Reliable Petroff - An Evergreen Elite Choice''. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase. * Fernandez, Daniel (2020). ''The Modernized Modern Defense''. Thinkers Publishing.

References

External links

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Bisik-bisik with GM Daniel Fernandez
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