Once part of a 'golden generation' of young players in Singapore, GM Daniel Fernandez moved to England in his late teens and attended Cambridge University. Immediately after graduation, he began training as a time series analyst and also working on his chess, finally becoming a grandmaster in November 2017. He writes chess articles frequently and with enjoyment, and his first chess book is out in May. Away from the board, he enjoys table-tennis and language learning.
5/2/2019 – Regular ChessBase contributor GM DANIEL FERNANDEZ got major déjà vu while playing the newly revamped Sydney International Open, which a decade ago regularly saw the participation of distinguished overseas guests like Li Chao and Gawain Jones. The event, which ran from the 24th to 28th of April after a 5-year break, returned under a mix of old and new management with a 1st prize of A$3000. It was won by FM Raymond Song, an ex-prodigy (=1st at World Youth U10 2004) returning to the game after his own (even longer) break. | Photos: Helen Milligan/New Zealand Chess News
3/5/2019 – Hou Yifan played her first rated classical game since December, as she led her team from Oxford University to their third consecutive win over varsity rivals Cambridge. It was the first time the top-rated woman in the world participated, and the 137th such match overall. Cambridge clings to a tiny (and shrinking) lead of 59-56 wins (with 22 draws). Cambridge alumnus GM DANIEL FERNANDEZ takes a look at the games. | Pictured: Oxford's team Andrew Rogozinski (reserve), Daniel Abbas, Hou Yifan, Joris Gerlagh (captain), Benjamin Foo, Lisa Schut, Gordon Scott, Filip Mihov, Isaac Sanders | Photo: John Saunders
9/29/2018 – A new round of Fischer and Capablanca Memorial tournaments took place in Anogia, Crete from September 11th to 19th. Grandmaster DANIEL FERNANDEZ was there and has annotated nine games for your enjoyment. | Photo: Tango7174 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons
8/6/2018 – 105th British Championship took place in Hull, England from July 28th to August 5th, and was narrowly won by top seed Michael Adams after a rapid and blitz tiebreak. Adams and Luke McShane were tied with 7 points from 9 games after the classical Open competition. It was Adams' sixth title, while McShane remains the strongest British player never to have won the national championship. Jovanka Houska had the best score among women with 5.0/9 for her eighth British title. | Photos: Arnold Lutton / BritishChessChampionships.co.uk
4/24/2018 – The Fischer and Capablanca Memorial tournaments were held April 9th to 17th in Heraklion, on the Greek island of Crete. The pair of closed round-robin tournaments were won by IMs Praggnanandhaa and Hagen Poetsch respectively. GM DANIEL FERNANDEZ was one of the grandmaster guests and sends this report of the highlights. Plus, IM SAGAR SHAH goes through Pragg's tournament in detail. | Pictured: ViceGovernor of Crete, Evripidis Koukiadakis, makes the first move on the game Praggnanandhaa vs Taylor | Photo: Kostas Klokas
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Videos by Felix Blohberger: Reti Opening and Nico Zwirs: Najdorf Variation. "Olympiad Special": 21 analyses by Howell, Meier, Nguyen, Pelletier, Pichot, Van Foreest, Vitiugov, Wojtaszek and many more. Update Service with almost 40,000 new games!
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