John van der Wiel
| John van der Wiel | |
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 Van der Wiel in 2007 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | 9 August 1959 Leiden,Netherlands |
| Title | Grandmaster(1982) |
| Peak rating | 2590 (January 1987) |
| Peak ranking | No. 16 (January 1987) |
John van der Wiel(born 9 August 1959) is a Dutchchessgrandmaster.[1][2]He is a two-timeDutch Chess Champion.
Chess career
[edit]Born in 1959, Van der Wiel won theDaniël Noteboom tournamentin Leiden in 1976 and 1977. He won theEuropean Junior Chess Championshipin 1978, and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982.
He won theDutch Chess Championshipin 1984 and 1986. He was between 1979 and 2004 playing in this championship for 26 consecutive times. Besides winning two times, he came in second nine times.
He was a participant in theChess Olympiadsof 1980, 1982, 1984 and from 1988 up to 1998.[3]
He has competed in severalInterzonaltournaments: Moscow (1982) where he finished in 11th–12th place, andBiel(1985) 4th–6th place (where he lost a playoff for the finalCandidates Tournamentplace toNigel Short). His best results in the other international tournaments have includedSochi(1980) 4th–5th place;Wijk aan Zee(1981, additional tournament) 1st place; and Wijk aan Zee (1982) 3rd–4th.
He won tournaments inNovi Sad1982,Århus1983,Ostend1983,San Bernardino1986,AmsterdamOHRA 1987,Baden-BadenII 1992,Elgoibar1998[4]andBrasschaat2010.
In 1999 he played with the teamPanfox Bredaat theEuropean Club CupinBelgrade.
In the past, he was a notable "computer killer".[5]
References
[edit]- ^Gaige, Jeremy(1987),Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography,McFarland, p. 440,ISBN0-7864-2353-6
- ^"This day John van der Wiel was born".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-10-09.
- ^Bartelski, Wojciech."Men's Chess Olympiads: John Van der Wiel".OlimpBase.Retrieved2 August2011.
- ^"Canon (40): John van der Wiel".Schaaksite(in Dutch). 2011-09-07.Retrieved2022-12-30.
- ^"REBEL vs GM John van der Wiel (2001)".Archived fromthe originalon 2020-10-29.
External links
[edit]- John van der Wielplayer profile and games atChessgames
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