Erik Blomqvist (chess player) explained

Erik Blomqvist (born 19 October 1990) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion.

Chess career

Born in 1990, Blomqvist earned his international master title in 2008 and his grandmaster title in 2013.^[1]

He won the Swedish Chess Championship in 2016 with a score of 7½/9 (+6–0=3), two points ahead of runner-up Nils Grandelius.^[2] In 2016 he also won the Nordic Chess Championship. He won the Swedish Championship again in 2019.^[3] He was the No. 6 ranked Swedish player as of July 2020.^[4]

In August 2022, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.^[5] In August 2023, he finished second in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.^[6]

https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=1709437&title=GM&pb=37 84th FIDE Congress, Tallinn, EST, 30 September - 10 October 2013
https://en.chessbase.com/post/erik-blomqvist-swedish-champion-2016 Erik Blomqvist: Swedish Champion 2016
https://schack.se/erik-blomqvist-vann-sm-i-eskilstuna/ Erik Blomqvist vann SM i Eskilstuna
Web site: Federations Ranking – Sweden. Staff writer(s). FIDE. July 2018. 9 July 2018. 1 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100601031029/https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=SWE. dead.
Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Riga Technical University Open 2022 - Tournament A. chess-results.com.
https://chess-results.com/tnr783550.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 Riga Technical University Open 2023 - Tournament A