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

Daniel Fernandez
Full name	Daniel Howard Fernandez
Country	England (pre-2004; since 2014) Italy (2004–2014)England
Born	5 March 1995 (1995-03-05) (age 27) Stockport, England
Title	Grandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating	2476 (September 2022)
Peak rating	2505 (March 2018)[1]

Career

Born in Stockport, England,[2] Fernandez was the joint under-9 British champion in 2004.[3] Shortly afterwards, his family relocated to Singapore, where he was a member of that country's National Junior Squad.[4] While living there, he attained the title of International Master in 2010.[5][6] In team competitions, Fernandez represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 2012, and in the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2007.[7]

Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge.[8] He was the British under-18 champion in 2013 and the British under-21 champion in 2014.[3] Fernandez was awarded the title of Grandmaster in October 2017, at the 88th FIDE Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey.[9]

Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.[10]

Personal life

Fernandez was born in England to a Singaporean father of Indian descent and an English mother. He moved to Singapore in 2004 with his parents, before returning to England to study.[11]

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

External links

• Daniel Howard Fernandez rating card at FIDE
• Daniel Howard Fernandez player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Daniel Howard Fernandez chess games at 365Chess.com
• Bisik-bisik with GM Daniel Fernandez

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