Daniel Fernandez
Full nameDaniel Howard Fernandez
CountryEngland (pre-2004; since 2014)
Singapore (2004–2014)
Born5 March 1995 (1995-03-05) (age 28)
Stockport, England
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2525 (January 2024)
Peak rating2537 (October 2023)

Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess player and author.

Career

Born in Stockport, England,[1] Fernandez was the joint under-9 British champion in 2004.[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] In team competitions, Fernandez represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 2012, and in the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2007.[6]

Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge.[7] He was the British under-18 champion in 2013 and the British under-21 champion in 2014.[2] Fernandez was awarded the title of Grandmaster in October 2017, at the 88th FIDE Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey.[8]

Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.[9]

Personal life

Fernandez was born in England to a Singaporean father of Indian descent and an English mother. He moved to Singapore in 2004 with his parents, before returning to England to study.[10]

Publications

  • Fernandez, Daniel (2018). The Modernized Caro-Kann: A Complete Repertoire against 1.e4. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510259
  • Daniel Fernandez (2018). The Reliable Petroff - An Evergreen Elite Choice. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase.
  • Fernandez, Daniel (2020). The Modernized Modern Defense. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510884

References

  1. ↑ "Title Applications. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey". FIDE.
  2. 1 2 "British Champions 1904 – present". English Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "National Junior Squad Alumni Doing Singapore Proud in England". singaporechess.org.sg. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "IM Daniel Fernandez Speaks ..." australian-junior-youth-chess.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Titles approved at the 3rd Quarter Presidential Board 2010". FIDE. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Daniel Howard Fernandez". OlimpBase.
  7. ↑ Peterson, Macauley (13 March 2017). "Oxford defeats Cambridge in 135th Varsity Match". chess24.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "List of titles approved by the Executive Board in Antalya, Turkey". FIDE. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Daniel Fernandez". en.chessbase.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Bisik-bisik with GM Daniel Fernandez". Chess News. 15 May 2019.
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