Daniel Fernandez | |
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Full name | Daniel Howard Fernandez |
Country | England Singapore (2004–2015) |
Born | 5 March 1995 Stockport, England | (age 29)
Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2525 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2537 (October 2023) |
Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess grandmaster and author.
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. [2] 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]
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]
Daniel Fernandez | |
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Full name | Daniel Howard Fernandez |
Country | England Singapore (2004–2015) |
Born | 5 March 1995 Stockport, England | (age 29)
Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2525 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2537 (October 2023) |
Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess grandmaster and author.
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. [2] 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]
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]