Jesper Søndergaard Thybo

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo (born 10 January 1999) is a Danish chess grandmaster (achieved in 2020).[1]

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo
Thybo at the 2019 Andorra open
CountryDenmark
Born (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999
TitleGrandmaster (2020)
FIDE rating2539 (October 2023)
Peak rating2604 (November 2021)

Biography

Thybo has played two times for Denmark at the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads (2012 and 2014);[2] it was in 2014 that Thybo became a FIDE Master (FM). In 2016, he won the Nordic Youth Chess Championship.[3]

2017 proved to be a very productive year for Thybo. He had repeatedly represented Denmark at the European Youth Chess Championship and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, culminating in the acquisition of a gold medal in 2017 in the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 age group.[4] In the same year, in Jūrmala, Thybo won a tournament with an International Master norm.[5][6] Additionally, he won third place in the Danish Chess Championship.[7] Again in 2017, Thybo played for Denmark in the European Team Chess Championship;[8] furthermore, at the second board of the 21st European Team Chess Championship in Crete, he scored +1, =6, -1. It was also in 2017 that Thybo was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.[9]

In 2019, Thybo won the Aarhus Chess House GM tournament with 7/9 points.[10]

From February to July 2020, Thybo was ranked as the 2nd-best chess player in Denmark.[11] As of July 2022, he is the 6th-highest-ranked active Danish player, including a peak rating of 2604 that was achieved in November 2021.[12][13]

References
  1. "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Jesper Søndergård Thybo". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Nordic Youth Championship 2016 Group B". chess-results.com.
  4. European Youth Chess Championship 2017 Open U18
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Jurmala Round Robin IM-II norm-2017". chess-results.com.
  6. "Endnu en IM-Norm til Jesper Thybo". www.skak.dk.
  7. "Danbase". danbase.skak.dk.
  8. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Jesper Søndergård Thybo". www.olimpbase.org.
  9. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  10. "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  11. "FIDE Chess Ranking and Statistics". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  12. "FIDE Chess Ranking and Statistics". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  13. "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
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