Paul van der Sterren
Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1956)
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Country | Netherlands |
Born | (1956-03-17) 17 March 1956 (age 68) Venlo, Netherlands |
Title | Grandmaster (1989) |
FIDE rating | 2462 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2605 (January 1994) |
Peak ranking | No. 45 (January 1994) |
Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He won the Dutch Chess Championship twice, in 1985 and 1993. In 1993 he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 −3 =3) by Gata Kamsky.
Van der Sterren represented the Netherlands in 11 consecutive Chess Olympiads from 1982 through 2000.[1]
He is the author of the two-volume opening encyclopedia Fundamental Chess Openings, which was published in 2009 and 2011. He is also the author of the book Your First Chess Lessons published in 2016.[2]
External links
- Paul van der Sterren player profile and games at Chessgames.com
References
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Dutch Grandmasters
Chess players for the Netherlands with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
- Thomas Beerdsen
- Benjamin Bok
- Daan Brandenburg
- Twan Burg
- Martijn Dambacher
- Erik van den Doel
- Jan Hein Donner
- Sipke Ernst
- Max Euwe
- Jorden van Foreest
- Lucas van Foreest
- Anish Giri
- Hugo ten Hertog
- Ruud Janssen
- Harmen Jonkman
- Robin van Kampen
- Robby Kevlishvili
- David Klein
- Erwin l'Ami
- Koen Leenhouts
- Friso Nijboer
- Peng Zhaoqin
- Jeroen Piket
- Lodewijk Prins
- Roeland Pruijssers
- Hans Ree
- Dimitri Reinderman
- Casper Schoppen
- Jan Smeets
- Ivan Sokolov
- Maarten Solleveld
- Gennadi Sosonko
- Wouter Spoelman
- Daniël Stellwagen
- Paul van der Sterren
- Robin Swinkels
- Jan Timman
- Sergei Tiviakov
- Yge Visser
- Dennis de Vreugt
- Liam Vrolijk
- Max Warmerdam
- Karel van der Weide
- Loek van Wely
- Jan Werle
- John van der Wiel
- See also: List of chess grandmasters
- Category:Dutch chess players
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