Eline Roebers
Roebers at the 2021 Dutch Women's National Championship
CountryNetherlands
Born (2006-05-22) 22 May 2006
Amsterdam, Netherlands
TitleInternational Master (2022)
Peak rating2421 (September 2023)

Eline Roebers (born 22 May 2006) is a Dutch chess International Master. She is the reigning Dutch Women's Champion and was the 2022 Dutch Youth Champion in the open division.[1][2] Roebers was the 2020 online World Youth Champion in the under-14 girls' division, and was the first Dutch player to win a World Youth Championship in any category. Roebers began playing chess at age seven and she has been coached by Dutch International Master Robert Ris.[3][4][5][6] Her father Jan is a FIDE Master (FM).[7] She won an individual bronze medal on the second board at the European Women's Team Championship in 2021.[8]

Chess career

2021

Roebers won the Brugse Meesters in Belgium in August 2021, finishing in joint first with a score of 7½/9 and having the better tiebreak criteria.[9]

2022

She also became the youngest player and first woman to win the Untergrombach Open in Germany in January 2022, defeating Russian Grandmaster Vyacheslav Ikonnikov in the final round to finish in clear first with a score of 6½/7.[7][10] In 2022, Roebers played board 1 for Dutch women at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, with a score of 7.5/10 (+6-1=3) [lower-alpha 1] and a TPR of 2532 which earned her an individual silver medal for her board 1 performance. [11]

2023

As the lowest-rated player in the tournament, she defeated GM Erwin L'Ami in the Tata Steel Challengers 2023 tournament in the 2nd round after losing the first round to prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra.

She played in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, defeating Yamama Asif Abdula Al Fayyadh, Mona Khaled and Klaudia Kulon, all by 2-0 margins, before being eliminated by Harika Dronavalli in the fourth round.[12]

She was ranked as the highest-rated woman of 18 years and younger on the August 2023 World FIDE standard rating list at a rating of 2407.

2024

Roebers is competing in the Tata Steel Challengers 2024 tournament, again as the lowest-rated player.[13]

Notable game

Roebers vs. L'Ami 2023
abcdefgh
8
a8 black rook
c8 black bishop
f8 black rook
h8 black king
e7 black knight
h7 black pawn
d6 black pawn
f6 white pawn
b5 black pawn
d5 white pawn
e5 white bishop
g5 black pawn
h5 black queen
a4 black pawn
c4 black pawn
e4 white pawn
f4 white queen
a3 white pawn
c3 white pawn
e3 white rook
b2 white pawn
c2 white bishop
h2 white knight
a1 white rook
f1 white king
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
abcdefgh
After 35.Bxe5!

Roebers vs. L'Ami, Tata Steel (Challengers), 2023. Against a 2600-rated Grandmaster, Roebers sacrificed her queen on move 35 (diagram), regaining a number of pieces and forcing resignation 11 moves later.

References

  1. ↑ kstolk (2023-07-06). "Eline Roebers Nederlands Kampioen 2023". Schaakbond evenementen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. ↑ Baselmans, Sam (2022-05-07). "Jeugd A ronde 7 - Eline neemt het stokje over". Nederlands Jeugd Schaak Kampioenschap (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Eline (14) is wereldkampioen schaken" [Eline (14) is world chess champion]. Jeugdjournaal. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Sijtsma, Thomas (15 January 2021). "Eline (14) is wereldkampioen schaken: 'Je hoeft er niet slim voor te zijn'" [Eline (14) is world chess champion: 'You don't have to be smart for it']. Het Parool. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Eline Roebers wereldkampioen online schaken t/m 14 jaar" [Eline Roebers world champion online chess up to 14 years]. Schaakbond. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Spaaij, Zoë (10 December 2020). "Vrouwelijke schaakspelers zien de Netflixserie 'Queen's Gambit' als een welkome zet" [Female chess players see the Netflix series 'Queen's Gambit' as a welcome move]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 Doggers, Peter (9 January 2022). "15-Year-Old Eline Roebers Wins German Open Tournament". Chess.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ukraine (Open) and Russia (Women) win European Team Chess Championships 2021". European Chess Union. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Ligterink, Gert (27 August 2021). "In België wordt wel geschaakt, tot groot plezier van Eline Roebers" [Chess is played in Belgium, much to the delight of Eline Roebers]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Toth, Ralf (8 January 2022). "Eline Roebers gewinnt das 38. Open Untergrombach" [Eline Roebers wins the 38th Open Untergrombach]. SC Untergrombach (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Round results for Dutch women at the 44th Chess Olympiad". Chess Results. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "FIDE Women's World Cup 2023". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  13. ↑ "Tata Steel Challengers 2024". chess24.com. Retrieved 2024-01-16.

Notes

  1. ↑ 6 wins against WIM Rachel Miller (1961), WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet (2042), WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (2224), GM Marie Sebag (2447), WGM Deysi Cori T. (2371) and WGM Julia Ryjanova (2284); 3 draws against WIM Mobina Alinasab (2364), IM Alina Kashlinskaya (2505) and GM Mariya Muzychuk (2540); 1 loss against GM Pia Cramling (2459)
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