Noël Studer

Noël Oliver Studer (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss chess grandmaster. He was Swiss Chess Champion in 2016.

Noël Studer
Noël Studer, 2016
Full nameNoël Oliver Studer
CountrySwitzerland
Born18 October 1996 (1996-10-18) (age 23)
Bern, Switzerland
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2580 (June 2020)
Peak rating2580 (April 2020)

Chess career

Born in 1996, Studer earned his international master title in 2014 and his grandmaster title in 2017. His achievement of the latter title at the age of 20 makes him Switzerland's youngest ever grandmaster.[1] He is the No. 7 ranked Swiss player as of October 2017.[2]

In 2019, Studer won the Accentus Young Masters, held from 27 February to 7 March. He won his first five games, and finished one point clear of the rest of the field with 7½/9 (+6–0=3).[3]

References
  1. "Noël Studer (20) ist jüngster Grossmeister in der Schweizer Schachgeschichte! – dritte GM-Norm und Sprung über die 2500-ELO-Marke dank Top-Resultat beim Grenke-Open in Karlsruhe - SSB". swisschess.ch. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  2. Staff writer(s) (October 2017). "Federations Ranking - Switzerland". FIDE.
  3. Fischer, Johannes (10 March 2019). "Accentus Young Masters: Studer wins, Yankelevich grabs GM norm". ChessBase.


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