Erik Blomqvist (born 19 October 1990) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion.
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Country | Sweden |
Born | 19 October 1990 (1990-10-19) (age 31) Stockholm, Sweden |
Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
FIDE rating | 2526 (October 2022) |
Peak rating | 2574 (January 2017) |
Born in 1990, Blomqvist earned his international master title in 2008 and his grandmaster title in 2013.[1]
In 2011, he shared 3rd-8th place in the Västerås Open with Jonathan Westerberg, Ralf Åkesson, Stellan Brynell, Kim Nygren, Christopher Krantz.[2] In 2015, he tied 2nd-5th place with Drazen Dragicevic, Yuri Solodovnichenko, and Ralf Åkesson in the Elite Hotels Open.[3]
He won the Swedish Chess Championship in 2016 with a score of 7½/9 (+6–0=3), two points ahead of runner-up Nils Grandelius.[4] He is the No. 6 ranked Swedish player as of July 2020.[5] He won the Swedish Championship again in 2019.[6]
In August 2022, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[7]
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