Anne Haast

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Anne Haast
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Haast in 2018
CountryNetherlands
Born (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 28)
Dongen, Netherlands
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating2339 (October 2018)
Peak rating2390 (December 2015)

Anne Haast (born 1 July 1993) is a Dutch chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a five-time Dutch Women's Chess Champion.

Chess career[]

Born in Dongen in 1993, Haast earned her Woman International Master title in 2010,[1] and her Woman Grandmaster title in 2015.[2] She has won the Dutch Women's Chess Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021.[3]

Haast has represented the Netherlands in four women's Chess Olympiads: in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. She has also played in four women's European Team Chess Championship tournaments: in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. She scored 6½/7 at the 2013 European Team Championship, winning individual gold.[4]

Playing style[]

As of 2015, Haast often plays the Sicilian Defence with both White and Black, followed by the Sicilian Taimanov variation with Black.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ 3rd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2010, 24-25 July 2010, Tromso, NOR FIDE
  2. ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 26-29 April 2015, Chengdu, CHN FIDE
  3. ^ "Dutch Championship: Anne Haast clinches fifth title". www.fide.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Anne Haast Olimpbase
  5. ^ Anne Haast player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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