Luc Winants

Luc Winants (1 January 1963 – 7 February 2023) was a Belgian chess player.[1] He became an International Master in 1986 and an International Grandmaster in 1988. At the time of his death, he had an Elo rating of 2512.[2]

Luc Winants
CountryBelgium
Born(1963-01-01)1 January 1963
Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
Died7 February 2023(2023-02-07) (aged 60)
TitleGrandmaster (1998)
Peak rating2574 (March 2016)

Biography

Winants earned the title of International Master in 1986 from FIDE with standards met at the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki and the Belgian Chess Championship in Anderlecht in 1986. He became a Grandmaster two years later. He took part in eight Chess Olympiad tournaments with the Belgian national team, concluding in 2012[3] and 2014.[4] He took second prize at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 2002.[5] In addition to his career in tournaments, he wrote a weekly column on chess in La Libre Belgique.[6][7][8]

Winants died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 60.[9]

References
  1. Schulz, André (7 February 2023). "Luc Winants ist gestorben". ChessBase (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. "Winants, Luc (BEL)". FIDE.
  3. "Winants, Luc". olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
  4. "Composition de l'équipe de la fédération bel - Open". Chess-Results.com (in French).
  5. "Cappelle Chess - Actualités". Cappelle Chess (in French). Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  6. Winants, Luc (10 September 2011). "Un véritable match de Coupe". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. Winants, Luc (17 September 2011). "Un véritable match de Coupe (2)". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. Winants, Luc (8 September 2012). "Nos filles cassent la baraque !". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  9. "Luc Winants, grand maître champion de Belgique en 1986, nous a quittés". Europe Échecs (in French). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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