Daniel Fernandez (chess player)

Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English chess Grandmaster.[1]

Fernandez started his chess career early and by 2004 was the joint Under-9 British champion.[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]

Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge. [6] He was the British Under-18 champion in 2013 and the British Under-21 champion in 2014 [2] and made progress towards the Grandmaster title throughout his education. In October 2017, at the 88th FIDE Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey, he became a grandmaster.[5]

Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.[7] He has also recorded a DVD with that company.[8]

Fernandez has also volunteered as a translator with Hope for Justice.

Publications

Fernandez, Daniel (2018). The Modernized Caro-Kann: A Complete Repertoire against 1.e4. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510259

References
  1. "Fernandez, Daniel Howard FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2019-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "National Junior Squad Alumni Doing Singapore Proud in England". www.singaporechess.org.sg. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  4. "IM Daniel Fernandez Speaks ..." Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  5. "Fernandez, Daniel Howard FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". Ratings.fide.com. 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  6. https://chess24.com/en/read/news/oxford-defeats-cambridge-in-135th-annual-varsity-match. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Daniel Fernandez | ChessBase". en.chessbase.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  8. "NEW: Daniel Fernandez: The Reliable Petroff - An Evergreen Elite Choice". Chess News. 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
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