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German chess player
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Arik Braun
CountryGermany
Born (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 36)
Aresing, West Germany
TitleGrandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating2587 (December 2024)
Peak rating2609 (February 2020)

Arik Braun (born 8 February 1988) is a German chess grandmaster and the world's first chessboxer of Grandmaster strength.

Chess career

He won the World Under-18 Chess Championship in 2006 and the German Chess Championship in 2009. Braun was the bronze medalist at the World Junior Chess Championship of 2008, held in Gaziantep.

References

  1. GM title application FIDE
  2. "As Chessboxing Goes Global, Klitschko vs. Putin Is the Ultimate Card". www.vocativ.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  3. "Arik Braun ist Weltmeister! - Deutscher Schachbund - Schach in Deutschland". www.schachbund.de (in German). 28 October 2006. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  4. "Arik Braun ist Deutscher Meister 2009 - Deutscher Schachbund - Schach in Deutschland". www.schachbund.de (in German). 14 February 2009. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  5. "Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion". ChessBase. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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