Max Warmerdam (born 30 March 2000) is a Dutch
chess
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grandmaster.
Chess career
Warmerdam earned his
FIDE master
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title in 2015, followed by the
international master
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title in 2018. After qualifying through the "top nine-round event" at the 2019
Tata Steel Chess Tournament
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel ...
, Warmerdam was invited to compete at the
Tata Steel Challengers in 2020. He placed 12th with 4½/13 (+2–6=5). During the tournament, he defeated the eventual winner
David Antón Guijarro
David Antón Guijarro (born 23 June 1995) is a Spanish chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2013, at the age of 18. He has competed at two Chess Olympiads.
Chess career
Antón Guijarro won the Spanish champio ...
with the black pieces. Warmerdam is coached by
Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch ...
.
From 3 to 7 January 2021, Warmerdam participated in the Vergani Cup. He scored 7/9 to take first place, half-a-point clear of the rest of the field. In this process, he earned his third
grandmaster norm. Later in January, he acted as to
Jorden van Foreest
Jhr. Jorden van Foreest (born 30 April 1999) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was Dutch Chess Champion in 2016, and won the Tata Steel Masters in 2021. Van Foreest is the No. 2 ranked Dutch player behind Anish Giri.
Chess career
Introduced ...
in the
83rd Tata Steel Masters. Van Foreest won the tournament and Warmerdam received praise for his work as second. When the interrupted
Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The wi ...
resumed in April 2021, Warmerdam was a second to
Anish Giri
Anish Kumar Giri ( ne, अनीश कुमार गिरी; russian: Аниш Кумар Гири; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian-born Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at t ...
.
In August 2021, Warmerdam finished clear first in the Guimarães Open with 8/9 (+7–0=2), half-a-point ahead of
Hans Niemann
Hans Moke Niemann (born June 20, 2003) is an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE on January 22, 2021. In July 2021, he won the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia. Niemann first en ...
,
Guillaume Lamard, and
Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis.
He won the
Dutch Chess Championship The Dutch Chess Championship was officially established in 1909, although unofficial champions stretch back to the 1870s.
Early years
:
Official championships
The official championship was established in 1909 as a biennial, twelve-player, round-ro ...
in 2021, finishing on 5/6 in the final four-player round-robin.
Personal life
Born in 2000, Warmerdam is from
Tegelen
Tegelen ( li, Tegele) is a village in the municipality of Venlo, situated in the Netherlands. It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it was merged into the municipality of Venlo.
Tiglian
The name of the glacial stage of Tiglian (pa ...
in
Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
. As of 2021, he is a student of
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
at
Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a public university, public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.
Tilb ...
.
References
External links
Twitchaccount
Twitterprofile
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2000 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Dutch chess players
People from Tegelen
Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)
Tilburg University alumni