Full name Loek van Wely Role Chess Player Country Netherlands | Title Grandmaster (1993) Name Loek Wely | |
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Born 7 October 1972 (age 51)
Heesch, The Netherlands ( 1972-10-07 ) Books The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian: Info-Programm Gemas § 14 JuSchG | ||
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Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He earned his grandmaster title in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714.
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Chess career
He has won the Dutch Chess Championship on eight occasions: six consecutive times from 2000 through 2005, in 2014 and in 2017.
In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match, scoring 2/4 (+2–2=0). In 2005, he led the Dutch team to victory at the European Team Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Van Wely is a frequent participant in the elite Tata Steel Chess Tournament, held in Wijk aan Zee. As of 2010, he has participated in the tournament 19 years consecutively.
In May 2010, van Wely won the 14th Chicago Open. In 2011, he came in first at Berkeley International tournament in Berkeley.
On 9 July 2012, Van Wely was denied access to the United States because he lacked a work visa.
In 2016, he won the Hogeschool Zeeland tournament with 8 points out of 9 games.