Bart Michiels is a Belgian chess grandmaster.

Bart Michiels
Michiels in 2013
CountryBelgium
Born (1986-10-30) October 30, 1986 (age 38)[1]
Ghent, Belgium
TitleGrandmaster (2014)[2]
FIDE rating2547 (November 2024)
Peak rating2572 (January 2020)

Chess career

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Michiels won the Belgian Chess Championship in 2004 and 2011.[3][4]

He represented Belgium at the Chess Olympiads in 2010, 2012, and 2014.[5]

He played in the 2015 French Team Championships.[6][7]

In 2015, Michiels played in the Challengers section of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, where he achieved wins against Samuel Sevian, Anne Haast, and Ari Dale.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "10 Best Belgian Chess Players From Belgium (FIDE Ranked)".
  2. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Daniel Dardha wins the Belgian Chess Championship, crosses 2600 ELO". August 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Chess".
  5. ^ "Michiels, Bart".
  6. ^ Tiwari, Errol (June 7, 2015). "Teen wins Chinese Chess Championship".
  7. ^ "Top 12 French Team Championship 2015". April 1, 2015.
  8. ^ Staff writer(s) (26 January 2015). "Standings Tata Steel Challengers 2015". Tata Steel Chess.
  9. ^ Shabazz, Daaim (January 4, 2015). "2015 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)".