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 33)
Stockholm, Sweden
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2509 (October 2023)
Peak rating2574 (January 2017)

Chess career

Born in 1990, Blomqvist earned his international master title in 2008 and his grandmaster title in 2013.[1]

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.[2] In 2016 he also won the Nordic Chess Championship. He won the Swedish Championship again in 2019.[3] He was the No. 6 ranked Swedish player as of July 2020.[4]

In August 2022, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[5] In August 2023, he finished second in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[6]

References
  1. 84th FIDE Congress, Tallinn, EST, 30 September - 10 October 2013 FIDE
  2. Erik Blomqvist: Swedish Champion 2016 ChessBase
  3. Erik Blomqvist vann SM i Eskilstuna Swedish Chess Federation
  4. Staff writer(s) (July 2018). "Federations Ranking – Sweden". FIDE. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Riga Technical University Open 2022 - Tournament A". chess-results.com.
  6. Riga Technical University Open 2023 - Tournament A


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