Erik Blomqvist (chess player)

Erik Blomqvist (born 19 October 1990) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion.

Erik Blomqvist
Blomqvist in 2016
CountrySweden
Born19 October 1990 (1990-10-19) (age 31)
Stockholm, Sweden
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2550 (April 2022)
Peak rating2574 (January 2017)

Chess career

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]

References

  1. 84th FIDE Congress, Tallinn, EST, 30 September - 10 October 2013 FIDE
  2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Västerås Open 2011". chess-results.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Elite Hotels Open 2015". chess-results.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. Erik Blomqvist: Swedish Champion 2016 ChessBase
  5. Staff writer(s) (July 2018). "Federations Ranking – Sweden". FIDE. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. Erik Blomqvist vann SM i Eskilstuna Swedish Chess Federation


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