Marigje Degrande (born 7 August 1992) is a Belgian chess player born in Bruges, Belgium. She earned the title of Woman Fide Master]by winning the Women's FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship in October, 2021 with a score of 7.5/9, coming shared first in the Open category U2000.[1]

Marigje Degrande
Born	(1992-08-07) August 7, 1992 (age 30) Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
Years active	1999–present
Title	Woman FIDE Master (WFM)
Awards	Belgian Chess Championship winner in the Women's category three times (2006, 2007 & 2008), Women's World Amateur Chess Championship winner in the U2000 Fide rating category.

Chess competitions and tournaments

Marigje Degrande has won the Women's Belgian Chess Championship for youngsters several times. She was the three time consecutive winner of the Belgian Chess Championship in the Women's category in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. She came shared first in the Women's U14 category of the European Union Championship in Austria. She participated in several European and World Championships. She became Women's World Champion U2000 after scoring 7,5/9 in the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship, coming shared first in the Open category. This earned her the WFM title.

Notable games

1. CM Mahammed Saed Laily[2]
2. Dogu Hasim[3]
3. Ehab Mohamed[4]
4. Astrelin Evgeny[5]
5. WIM Arlette Van Weersel[6]

References

External links

• Marigje Degrande rating card at FIDE
• Marigje Degrande at 365Chess.com