Mads Andersen (chess player)

Mads Andersen
Mads Andersen, 2013
Country Denmark
Born 1 March 1995 (1995-03) (age 23)
Nuuk, Greenland, Denmark
Title Grandmaster (2016)
FIDE rating 2597 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2606 (February 2018)

Mads Andersen (born 1 March 1995) is a Danish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Danish Chess Champion.

Chess career

Born in 1995, Andersen earned his international master title in 2011[1] and his grandmaster title in 2016.[2] He won the Danish Chess Championship in 2016 and 2017. He is the No. 2 ranked Danish player as of February 2018.[3] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He finished in one-hundredth place,[4] scoring 6/11 (+3–2=5).[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2011, 4-5 February, Antalya, TUR FIDE
  2. ↑ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2016, 27-30 March, Moscow, Russia FIDE
  3. ↑ Staff writer(s) (February 2018). "Federations Ranking - Denmark". FIDE.
  4. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
  5. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Andersen Mads". Chess Results.


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