Daniel Fernandez | |
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Full name | Daniel Howard Fernandez |
Country | England Singapore (2004–2015) |
Born | 5 March 1995 (1995-03-05) (age 29) Stockport, England |
Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2486 (December 2024) |
Peak rating | 2537 (October 2023) |
Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess grandmaster and author.
Career
Born in Stockport, England, Fernandez was the joint under-9 British champion in 2004. Shortly afterwards, his family relocated to Singapore, where he was a member of that country's National Junior Squad. While living there, he attained the title of International Master in 2010. In team competitions, Fernandez represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 2012, and in the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2007.
Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge. He was the British under-18 champion in 2013 and the British under-21 champion in 2014. Fernandez was awarded the title of Grandmaster in October 2017, at the 88th FIDE Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey.
Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.
Personal life
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.
Publications
- Fernandez, Daniel (2018). The Modernized Caro-Kann: A Complete Repertoire against 1.e4. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510259
- Daniel Fernandez (2018). The Reliable Petroff - An Evergreen Elite Choice. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase.
- Fernandez, Daniel (2020). The Modernized Modern Defense. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510884
References
- "Title Applications. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey". FIDE.
- ^ "British Champions 1904 – present". English Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "National Junior Squad Alumni Doing Singapore Proud in England". singaporechess.org.sg. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "IM Daniel Fernandez Speaks ..." australian-junior-youth-chess.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Titles approved at the 3rd Quarter Presidential Board 2010". FIDE. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Daniel Howard Fernandez". OlimpBase.
- Peterson, Macauley (13 March 2017). "Oxford defeats Cambridge in 135th Varsity Match". chess24.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- "List of titles approved by the Executive Board in Antalya, Turkey". FIDE. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- "Daniel Fernandez". en.chessbase.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Bisik-bisik with GM Daniel Fernandez". Chess News. 15 May 2019.
External links
- Daniel Howard Fernandez rating card at FIDE
- Daniel Howard Fernandez player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Daniel Howard Fernandez chess games at 365Chess.com
- Bisik-bisik with GM Daniel Fernandez
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Chess players for England with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) | |
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- English chess players
- English chess writers
- Singaporean chess players
- English people of Singaporean descent
- English people of Indian descent
- Singaporean people of English descent
- Singaporean people of Indian descent
- Chess Grandmasters
- Sportspeople from Stockport
- People educated at Manchester Grammar School
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- English expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
- Writers from Stockport
- Chess Olympiad competitors