Johan Salomon Explained

Johan Salomon
Birth Date:	7 May 1997
Grandmaster (2017)
Peakrating:	2505 (March 2018)
Fideid:	1509500
Country:	Norway

Johan Salomon (born 7 May 1997) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.^[1] He was Norwegian Chess Champion in 2016.

Chess career

He achieved the title International Master in 2015,^[2] and was awarded the title of grandmaster in 2017.^[3] Salomon achieved his first Grandmaster norm in the 2015 Sitges tournament, with subsequent norms in the Manhem Chess Week in Gothenburg in 2016, and in the 19th Dubai Open Chess Tournament in 2017.^[4] He was designated IM in 2015, and GM in 2017.^[1]

Salomon won the Norwegian Chess Championship in 2016.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIDE Chess Profile . FIDE . 2 July 2017 .
2. Encyclopedia: sjakk – Norske internasonale mestere . Rolf . Bryhn . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 2 July 2017 .
3. Encyclopedia: sjakk – Norske stormestere . Rolf . Bryhn . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 2 July 2017 .
4. Web site: Title Applications: 88th FIDE Congress 2017, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey . FIDE . 2 July 2017 .
5. Web site: IM Johan Salomon er Norgesmester 2016! . Sven Wisløff . Nilssen . 16 July 2016 . Norwegian . 2 July 2017.