Daniel Barrish Explained

Daniel Barrish
FIDE Master (2013)
Peakrating:	2363 (September 2019)
Fideid:	14304600

Daniel Barrish (born 2000) is a South African chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master (FM, 2013).

Career

In 2012, aged 11, Barrish drew with Garry Kasparov in a simultaneous event.^[1] He earned the title of FIDE Master in 2013, and in 2019 earned his first IM norm in Greece, and won the South African Chess Championship in 2019 with a score of 7.5/11, half a point ahead of Grandmaster Kenny Solomon.^{[2] [3]}

Barrish is ranked 4th amongst active South African players as of August 2022.^[4]

He played in the Chess World Cup 2021 after qualifying via the South African zonal spot,^[5] where he was defeated by Aryan Tari in the first round.^[6]

He represented South Africa in the 2022 Chess Olympiad on board three, scoring 5/9.^[7]

External links

• • • Daniel Barrish chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cape boy draws in chess match with Kasparov . www.iol.co.za . en . 2020-03-18.
2. Web site: 2019 South African Closed Chess Championships Open . chess-results.com.
3. Web site: News - Daniel Barrish is SA’s chess champ . www.sun.ac.za . 2020-03-18.
4. Web site: Barrish, Daniel . 2022-08-09 . ratings.fide.com.
5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rYqG7FcDGo_-JXy9Cl8z92mHA742LR0-/view?usp=sharing "Participants of the World Cup 2021"
6. Web site: Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021 . 2021-07-15 . worldcup.fide.com . 28 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028141455/https://worldcup.fide.com/results . dead .
7. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 . 2022-08-09 . chess-results.com.