John van der Wiel

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John van der Wiel
van der Wiel in 2007
van der Wiel in 2007
Full name John van der Wiel
Country Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Born August 9, 1959 (1959-08-09) (age 48)
Leiden, The Netherlands
Title Grandmaster (1982)
FIDE rating 2490 (January 2008)
Peak rating 2590 (January 1987)

John van der Wiel (born 9 August 1959) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982.[1]

He was the European Junior Champion in 1978 and the champion of the Netherlands in 1986. He was a participant in the Chess Olympiads of 1980, 1982 and 1984. He has competed in several interzonal tournaments: Moscow (1982) where he finished in 11th - 12th place, and Biel (1985) 4th - 6th place (where he lost a playoff for the final Candidates Tournament place to Nigel Short). His best results in the other international tournaments have included Sochi (1980) - 4th - 5th place; Wijk aan Zee (1981, additional tournament) 1st place; Wijk aan Zee (1982) 3rd - 4th; and Novi Sad (1982).

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