Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956 in

Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. 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 ...

twice, in 1985 and 1993. In 1993 he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the

FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion. Background At the time the World Chess Champion title was split. In 1993, Nigel Short had qualified via FIDE's usual format to meet ...

, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 −3 =3) by

Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky ( tt-Cyrl, Гата Камский, italics=no; russian: Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion. Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Cha ...

. Van der Sterren represented the Netherlands in 11 consecutive Chess Olympiads from 1982 through 2000. He is the author of the two-volume

opening Opening may refer to: * Al-Fatiha, "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an * The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron * Backgammon opening * Chess opening * A title sequence or opening credits * , a term from contract bridge * , ...

encyclopedia ''Fundamental Chess Openings'', which was published in 2009 and 2011. He is also the author of the book ''Your first chess lessons'' published in 2016.

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