Daniel Fernandez (English chess player) explained

Daniel Fernandez
Full Name:Daniel Howard Fernandez
Country:England
Singapore (2004–2015)
Birth Place:Stockport, England
Grandmaster (2017)
Fideid:5801605
Peakrating:2537 (October 2023)

Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess grandmaster and author.

Career

Born in Stockport, England,[1] Fernandez was the joint under-9 British champion in 2004.[2] Shortly afterwards, his family relocated to Singapore, where he was a member of that country's National Junior Squad.[3] While living there, he attained the title of International Master in 2010.[4] [5] In team competitions, Fernandez represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 2012, and in the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2007.[6]

Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge.[7] He was the British under-18 champion in 2013 and the British under-21 champion in 2014. Fernandez was awarded the title of Grandmaster in October 2017, at the 88th FIDE Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey.[8]

Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.[9]

Personal life

Fernandez was born in England to a Singaporean father of Indian descent and an English mother. He moved to Singapore in 2004 with his parents, before returning to England to study.[10]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Title Applications. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey . FIDE.
  2. Web site: British Champions 1904 – present . English Chess Federation . 2019-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111649/https://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/ . 2018-06-26 . dead.
  3. Web site: National Junior Squad Alumni Doing Singapore Proud in England . singaporechess.org.sg . 2019-01-17.
  4. Web site: IM Daniel Fernandez Speaks ...... . australian-junior-youth-chess.blogspot.com . 2019-01-17.
  5. Web site: Titles approved at the 3rd Quarter Presidential Board 2010 . FIDE . 2010-08-02 . 2020-07-16.
  6. Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Daniel Howard Fernandez . OlimpBase.
  7. Web site: Peterson . Macauley . 2017-03-13 . Oxford defeats Cambridge in 135th Varsity Match . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170422030405/https://chess24.com/en/read/news/oxford-defeats-cambridge-in-135th-annual-varsity-match . 22 April 2017 . 2020-07-16 . chess24.com.
  8. Web site: List of titles approved by the Executive Board in Antalya, Turkey . FIDE . 2017-10-17 . 2020-07-16.
  9. Web site: Daniel Fernandez . en.chessbase.com . 2019-01-17.
  10. Web site: Bisik-bisik with GM Daniel Fernandez. 15 May 2019. Chess News.

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