Miguoel Admiraal is a Dutch chess player.
| Miguoel Admiraal | |
|---|---|
 Admiraal in 2019 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | November 18, 1994 |
| Title | International Master (2015) |
| FIDE rating | 2451 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2516 (April 2019) |
Chess career edit
In January 2016, Admiraal competed in the Challengers section of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. He managed to hold draws against a number of significantly higher-rated players: Eltaj Safarli, Alexey Dreev, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.[1]
In July 2018, Admiraal achieved his first GM norm by winning the Andorra Open, where he defeated a number of grandmasters: Alexander Shabalov, Vitaly Kunin, and Christopher Repka.[2]
In February 2019, Admiraal achieved his second GM norm by winning the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament with a score of 7.5/9 ahead of grandmasters Sergey Fedorchuk, Namig Guliyev, Maxime Lagarde, and Jules Moussard due to better tiebreak results.[3]
References edit
- ^ Shah, Sagar (February 1, 2016). "The Challenger is now a Master!".
- ^ Grooten, Herman (July 31, 2018). "Miguoel Admiraal wint Andorra met GM-norm!".
- ^ "Toernooiwinst en GM-norm Miguoel Admiraal in Capelle la Grande". February 24, 2019.