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Daniel Barrish

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Daniel Barrish
Country South Africa
Born (2000-08-03) August 3, 2000 (age 24)
Constantia, Cape Town[1]
TitleFIDE Master (2013)
Peak rating2363 (September 2019)

Daniel Barrish (born 2000) is a South African chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master (FM, 2013).

Career

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In 2012, aged 11, Barrish drew with Garry Kasparov in a simultaneous event.[1] He earned the title of FIDE Master in 2013, and in 2019 earned his first IM norm in Greece, and won the South African Chess Championship in 2019 with a score of 7.5/11, half a point ahead of Grandmaster Kenny Solomon.[2][3]

Barrish is ranked 4th amongst active South African players as of August 2022.[4]

He played in the Chess World Cup 2021 after qualifying via the South African zonal spot,[5] where he was defeated by Aryan Tari in the first round.[6]

He represented South Africa in the 2022 Chess Olympiad on board three, scoring 5/9.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cape boy draws in chess match with Kasparov". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 South African Closed Chess Championships Open". chess-results.com.
  3. ^ "News - Daniel Barrish is SA's chess champ". www.sun.ac.za. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Barrish, Daniel". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Participants of the World Cup 2021" (PDF), Official tournament site, FIDE
  6. ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup.fide.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Olympiad Chennai 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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