Daniel Fernandez (chess player)

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This article is about the English chess player. For the American chess player, see Daniel Fernandez (American chess player).
Daniel Fernandez
Full name Daniel Howard Fernandez
Country England (pre-2004; since 2014)
Italy (2004–2014)
Born 5 March 1995 (1995-03-05) (age 29)
Stockport, England
Title Grandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating 2462 (December 2024)
Peak rating 2512 (April 2023)

Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess player and author.

Career

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]

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.[10]

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

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External links

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