Karel_van_der_Weide

Karel van der Weide

Karel van der Weide

Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1973)

Karel van der Weide is a Dutch chess grandmaster and author.

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Chess career

Player

In September 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Luis Galego, Daniel Gormally, Klaus Bischoff and Šarūnas Šulskis in the 2nd EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool.[1]

In January 2007, he won the 32nd Ciudad de Sevilla on tiebreaks over Daniel Cámpora.[2]

In June 2022, he held a simultaneous exhibition against 25 players at the Chess Club Vredeburg. He won 18 games, drew 4, and lost 3.[3]

Author

He has written a number of chess books, including Een schaakleven in 100 partijen[4] and Schaken voor huisvrouwen.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Crowther, Mark (2006-09-18). "TWIC 619: European Union Individual Championships". London Chess Center. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. [2]
    Crowther, Mark (22 January 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 637, London Chess Center, archived from the original on 17 February 2008, retrieved 2008-01-21
  3. [3]
    "Geen makkie voor grootmeester Van der Weide". June 10, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Quitting chess". August 7, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Schaken voor huisvrouwen".
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