Daniel Fernandez (chess player)

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

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]

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.

References
  1. Title Applications. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey. FIDE.
  2. "British Champions 1904 – present". English Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  3. "National Junior Squad Alumni Doing Singapore Proud in England". singaporechess.org.sg. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  4. "IM Daniel Fernandez Speaks ..." Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  5. "Titles approved at the 3rd Quarter Presidential Board 2010". FIDE. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  6. Daniel Howard Fernandez team chess record at Olimpbase.org
  7. Peterson, Macauley (2017-03-13). "Oxford defeats Cambridge in 135th Varsity Match". chess24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  8. "List of titles approved by the Executive Board in Antalya, Turkey". FIDE. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  9. "Daniel Fernandez". en.chessbase.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
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