Arik Braun

Arik Braun (born 8 February 1988)[1] is a German chess grandmaster and the world's first chessboxer of Grandmaster strength.[2]

Arik Braun
CountryGermany
Born (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988
Aresing, West Germany
TitleGrandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating2588 (October 2023)
Peak rating2609 (February 2020)

Chess career

He won the World Under-18 Chess Championship in 2006[3] and the German Chess Championship in 2009.[4] Braun was the bronze medalist at the World Junior Chess Championship of 2008, held in Gaziantep.[5]

References

  1. GM title application FIDE
  2. "As Chessboxing Goes Global, Klitschko vs. Putin Is the Ultimate Card". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  3. "Arik Braun ist Weltmeister! - Deutscher Schachbund - Schach in Deutschland". www.schachbund.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  4. "Arik Braun ist Deutscher Meister 2009 - Deutscher Schachbund - Schach in Deutschland". www.schachbund.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  5. "Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion". ChessBase. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 8 November 2015.


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