Karel van der Weide

Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1973)

Born (1973-08-11) August 11, 1973 (age 51)
Amsterdam, Netherlands

TitleGrandmaster (2004)

Karel van der Weide
van der Weide in 2004
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1973-08-11) August 11, 1973 (age 51) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Title	Grandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating	2421 (March 2025)
Peak rating	2512 (July 2007)

Karel van der Weide is a Dutch chess grandmaster and author.

Player

In January 2007, he won the 32nd Ciudad de Sevilla on tiebreaks over Daniel Cámpora.^[2]

In June 2022, he held a simultaneous exhibition against 25 players at the Chess Club Vredeburg. He won 18 games, drew 4, and lost 3.^[3]

He has written a number of chess books, including Een schaakleven in 100 partijen^[4] and Schaken voor huisvrouwen.^[5]

↑ Crowther, Mark (2006-09-18). "TWIC 619: European Union Individual Championships". London Chess Center. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
↑ Crowther, Mark (22 January 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 637, London Chess Center, archived from the original on 17 February 2008, retrieved 2008-01-21
↑ "Geen makkie voor grootmeester Van der Weide". June 10, 2022.
↑ "Quitting chess". August 7, 2015.
↑ "Schaken voor huisvrouwen".

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Chess players for the Netherlands with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
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See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:Dutch chess players