Niclas Huschenbeth
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 Huschenbeth in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 29 February 1992 Hann. Münden, Germany |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (2012) |
| FIDE rating | 2586 (July 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2628 (November 2019) |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Subscribers | 113 thousand[needs update] |
| Views | 37 million |
Niclas Huschenbeth (born 29 February 1992) is a German chess grandmaster and a two-time German Chess Champion (2010, 2019).[1][2] He played in the Chess Olympiads of 2008 and 2010.[3]
Chess career
[edit]Huschenbeth won the German championship in 2010.[1] He came first in the 2011 HSK Großmeisterturnier in Hamburg.[4] He came third in the 2013 National Chess Congress in Philadelphia.[5]
In March 2016, Huschenbeth earned clear first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 7.0/9.[6]
In 2019, Huschenbeth won the German championship for the second time with 8 out of 9 points, beating Dmitrij Kollars due to the higher average Elo rating of his opponents.[7] He tied 3rd to 11th place in the 2019 European Individual Championship with Kacper Piorun, David Anton Guijarro, Ferenc Berkes, Sergei Movsesian, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Grigoriy Oparin, Maxim Rodshtein, and Eltaj Safarli.[8]
Huschenbeth has worked as a second for Hikaru Nakamura since 2019, including for the 2022 Candidates Tournament in Madrid and for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024.[9] In the episode "Zugzwang" of the crime series Tatort, which aired in April 2025, Huschenbeth played the commentator.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "81st German Championship 2010". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Deutsche Schachmeisterschaft". Deutsche Schachmeisterschaft. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Niclas Huschenbeth". OlimpBase. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "HSK Grossmeisterturnier March 2011 Germany". FIDE. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ Huschenbeth, Niclas (2013-12-04). "2013 National Chess Congress". ChessBase. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Holiday 2021 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
- ↑ "Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft 2019" (in German). Schachbund.de. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ↑ "2019 European Individual Championship chess tournament results - ChessFocus.com". www.chessfocus.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ "Niclas Huschenbeth profile - Chess.com". www.chess.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
External links
[edit]- Niclas Huschenbeth player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Niclas Huschenbeth at 365Chess.com
- Niclas Huschenbeth - Official Website
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