Max Warmerdam

Max Warmerdam (born 30 March 2000) is a Dutch chess player.[1] He qualified for the title of grandmaster in 2021.[2]

Max Warmerdam
Warmerdam at the 2020 Tata Steel Challengers
CountryNetherlands
Born30 March 2000 (2000-03-30) (age 23)
Tegelen, Netherlands
TitleGrandmaster (2021)
FIDE rating2636 (October 2023)
Peak rating2645 (September 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 98 (September 2023)

Chess career

Warmerdam earned his FIDE master title in 2015, followed by the international master title in 2018. After qualifying through the "top nine-round event" at the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament,[3] Warmerdam was invited to compete at the Tata Steel Challengers in 2020. He placed 12th with 4½/13 (+2–6=5).[4] During the tournament, he defeated the eventual winner David Antón Guijarro with the black pieces.[5] As of 2020, Warmerdam is coached by Loek van Wely.[6]

From 3 to 7 January 2021, Warmerdam participated in the Vergani Cup. He scored 7/9 to take first place, half-a-point clear of the rest of the field. In this process, he earned his third grandmaster norm.[7] Later in January, he acted as second to Jorden van Foreest in the 83rd Tata Steel Masters. Van Foreest won the tournament and Warmerdam received praise for his work as second.[8][9] When the interrupted Candidates Tournament resumed in April 2021, Warmerdam was a second to Anish Giri.[10]

In August 2021, Warmerdam finished clear first in the Guimarães Open with 8/9 (+7–0=2), half-a-point ahead of Hans Niemann, Guillaume Lamard, and Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis.[11]

He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 2021, finishing on 5/6 in the final four-player round-robin.[12]

Personal life

Born in 2000, Warmerdam is from Tegelen in Limburg.[13] As of 2021, he is a student of economics at Tilburg University.[14]

References
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  2. 2021 1st FIDE Council FIDE
  3. Schulz, André (10 January 2020). "From Saturday: The world elite in Wijk aan Zee". ChessBase.
  4. Colodro, Carlos Alberto (27 January 2020). "Tata Steel Chess: Caruana ends with a win, Anton clinches Challengers". ChessBase.
  5. Doggers, Peter (26 January 2020). "Caruana Wins Tata Steel Chess With Round To Spare". Chess.com.
  6. Houtappels, Joost (10 January 2020). "Max Warmerdam van Schaakstad Apeldoorn debuteert in het walhalla". De Stentor.
  7. Schulz, André (8 January 2021). "Max Warmerdam wins Vergani Cup". ChessBase.
  8. Doggers, Peter (31 January 2021). "Jorden van Foreest Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021". Chess.com.
  9. van der Kloor, Robin (1 February 2021). "Secondant Warmerdam hielp Van Foreest aan Tata Steel-zege: 'Klein feestje met een paar biertjes'". De Limburger.
  10. Doggers, Peter (23 April 2021). "FIDE Candidates Tournament R11: Giri Approaches Nepomniachtchi, MVL Stumbles". Chess.com.
  11. "Max Warmerdam conquista Guimarães". Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez (in Portuguese). 30 August 2021.
  12. "Max Warmerdam wins Dutch Championship 2021". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  13. Puts, Wim (8 January 2021). "Max Warmerdam derde Limburgse schaakgrootmeester". 1Limburg.
  14. Op den Camp, Ivo (12 January 2021). "Grootmeestertitel 'een droom die uitkomt' voor Tegelse schaker Max Warmerdam". De Limburger.
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