Niclas Huschenbeth

Niclas Huschenbeth (born 29 February 1992) is a German chess grandmaster and a two-time German Chess Champion (2010, 2019).[2][3] He played in the Chess Olympiads of 2008 and 2010.[4]

Niclas Huschenbeth
(2021)
CountryGermany
Born (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992
Hann. Münden, Germany
TitleGrandmaster (2012)
FIDE rating2605 (October 2023)
Peak rating2628 (November 2019)
Peak rankingNo. 152 (November 2019)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Subscribers107 thousand[1]
Total views32.3 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2022

Chess career

Huschenbeth won the German championship in 2010.[2] He came first in the 2011 HSK Großmeisterturnier in Hamburg.[5] He came third in the 2013 National Chess Congress in Philadelphia.[6]

In March 2016, Huschenbeth earned clear first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 7.0/9.[7]

In 2019, Huschenbeth won the German championship for the second time with 8 out of 9 points, beating Dmitrij Kollars due to the higher average Elo rating of his opponents.[8] He tied 3rd to 11th place in the 2019 European Individual Championship with Kacper Piorun, David Anton Guijarro, Ferenc Berkes, Sergei Movsesian, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Grigoriy Oparin, Maxim Rodshtein, and Eltaj Safarli.[9]

Huschenbeth has worked as a second for Hikaru Nakamura since 2019, including for the 2022 Candidates Tournament in Madrid.[10]

References
  1. "About GM Huschenbeth". YouTube.
  2. "81st German Championship 2010". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. "Deutsche Schachmeisterschaft". Deutsche Schachmeisterschaft. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  4. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Niclas Huschenbeth". OlimpBase. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. "HSK Grossmeisterturnier March 2011 Germany". FIDE. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  6. Huschenbeth, Niclas (2013-12-04). "2013 National Chess Congress". ChessBase. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Holiday 2021 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
  8. "Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft 2019" (in German). Schachbund.de. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  9. "2019 European Individual Championship chess tournament results - ChessFocus.com". www.chessfocus.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  10. "Niclas Huschenbeth profile - Chess.com". www.chess.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.


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