Jesper Søndergaard Thybo

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo (born 10 January 1999) is a Danish chess Grand Master (2020).

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo
CountryDenmark
Born (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999
TitleGrand Master (2020)
FIDE rating2590 (August 2020)
Ranking280 (May 2020)

Biography

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo repeatedly represented Denmark at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where he won gold medal in 2017, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 age group.[1] In 2016, he won the Nordic Youth Chess Championship.[2] In 2017, in Jūrmala Thybo won a tournament with International Master norm.[3][4] In 2017 he won third place in the Danish Chess Championship.[5] He two times played for Denmark in World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads (2012, 2014).[6] In 2019, Thybo won the Aarhus Chess House GM with 7/9 points.[7]

Thybo played for Denmark in the European Team Chess Championship:[8]

  • In 2017, at second board in the 21st European Team Chess Championship in Crete (+1, =6, -1).

In 2017, Thybo was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.[9]

Thybo is ranked 2nd best chess player in Denmark.

References
  1. European Youth Chess Championship 2017 Open U18
  2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Nordic Youth Championship 2016 Group B". chess-results.com.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Jurmala Round Robin IM-II norm-2017". chess-results.com.
  4. "Endnu en IM-Norm til Jesper Thybo". www.skak.dk.
  5. "Danbase". danbase.skak.dk.
  6. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Jesper Søndergård Thybo". www.olimpbase.org.
  7. "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  8. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Jesper Søndergård Thybo". www.olimpbase.org.
  9. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.


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