Jonas Buhl Bjerre

Jonas Buhl Bjerre (born 26 June 2004) is a Danish chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster.

Jonas Buhl Bjerre
CountryDenmark
Born (2004-06-26) 26 June 2004
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2549 (June 2020)

Biography

In 2015, Jonas Buhl Bjerre won the Nordic Youth Chess Championship in the group E (for players born in 2004 and 2005).[1] The next year he won the group D.[2] Bjerre won a gold medal at the 2017 European Youth Chess Championships, held in Mamaia, in the U14 category.[3] The next year, in Riga, he took the bronze medal in the same division.[4]

In July 2018, Bjerre was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE.[5] A few months later he played for the Danish national team, on the reserve board, in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+4, =4, -1).[6] He tied for first place with Allan Stig Rasmussen in the Danish championship 2019 and lost the playoff match.[7] Bjerre achieved his final norm for the title of Grandmaster at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 to become the youngest Dane ever to achieve this title.[8]

References
  1. "Nordisk mesterskab for skoleelever 2015 (Grp E 2004-05)". chess-results.com.
  2. "Nordic Youth Championship 2016 Group D". chess-results.com.
  3. "European Youth Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
  4. "European Youth Chess Championship O-14 - 2018". chess-results.com.
  5. "List of titles approved by the 2018 2nd quarter PB in Bucharest, Romania". FIDE. 2018-07-12.
  6. "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com.
  7. Crowther, Mark (2019-04-22). "TWIC 1276: ch-DEN 2019". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  8. "Grand Swiss: Four at the top as Nakamura joins the leaders". fide.com. 2019-10-20.


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