Loek van Wely

Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely at the 2005 Corus chess tournament
Full name Loek van Wely
Country Netherlands
Born (1972-10-07) 7 October 1972
Heesch, The Netherlands
Title Grandmaster (1993)
FIDE rating 2635 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2714 (October 2001)

Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He earned his grandmaster title in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714.

Chess career

He has won the Dutch Chess Championship on eight occasions: six consecutive times from 2000 through 2005, in 2014 and in 2017.

In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match, scoring 2/4 (+2–2=0). In 2005, he led the Dutch team to victory at the European Team Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Van Wely is a frequent participant in the elite Tata Steel Chess Tournament, held in Wijk aan Zee. As of 2010, he has participated in the tournament 19 years consecutively.[1]

In May 2010, van Wely won the 14th Chicago Open.[2] In 2011, he came in first at Berkeley International tournament in Berkeley.[3]

On 9 July 2012, Van Wely was denied access to the United States because he lacked a work visa.[4]

In 2016, he won the Hogeschool Zeeland tournament with 8 points out of 9 games.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Greengard, Michael (18 January 2010). "GM Peter Svidler's Game Of the Day". Internet Chess Club. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Loek van Wely wins Chicago Open (UPDATE: Interview)". ChessVibes.com. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "2011 Berkeley International". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Van Wely denied entry to U.S. for lacking a work visa". ChessVibes.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  5. ↑ einduitslag Hogeschool Zeeland toernooi 2016
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