Jesse February

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Jesse Nikki February
Full nameJesse Nikki February
Country South Africa
Born (1997-01-28) January 28, 1997 (age 24)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
TitleWoman International Master (2016)
Peak rating1933 (June 2018)

Jesse February (born 1997) is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2016).

Chess career[]

February earned the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2015, and Woman International Master in 2016. She has represented South Africa in the Women's Chess Olympiad of 2016 and 2018 where, as the number one rated female South African player at the time, she played on board one.

In 2015, she was crowned U18 girls champion at the South Africa junior closed chess championships, and was selected to play for the national team for the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece that October.[1]

In 2015, she also came first in the University Sport South Africa closed chess championships at Wits University in Johannesburg, and was invited to participate in the World University Chess Championships in Hungary.[2] In 2017 and 2019, she won the Women's section of the South African Chess Championship.[3][4]

In May 2021, February participated in the Women's African Individual Championship, winning the event with a score of 7/9.[5] With this victory, February is eligible to be awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster, provided she attains a rating of 2100.[6]

She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021 held in July, where she was defeated by GM Valentina Gunina 1.5-0.5 in the first round.[7]

February qualified to represent South Africa in the Fide Online Olympiad 2021 where she faced 8 opponents with an average rating exceeding 2000. She finished the event on 2/8(+2=0-6)[8]

Streaming[]

In late January 2020, February partnered up with Woman Candidate Master, Rebecca Selkirk to start the HashtagChess channel on the streaming platform Twitch which has amassed a following of over ten thousand as of 2021.[9]

On 1 October 2021, February announced that she should be leaving HashtagChess, making Selkirk the sole owner of the channel, and start streaming on her personal twitch account (Jesse_Feb). The split was amicable with "different career and content creation goals." being cited as the primary reasons.[10]

Coaching[]

February also works as a professional chess coach in the chess training platform, Cochess, where she offers private chess lessons.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "International travel opportunities for Chess star Jesse February". ecas.co.za. 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "More chess accolades for Jesse February". mype.co.za.
  3. ^ "Mabusela and Klaasen crowned champions of South Africa" (PDF). chessa.co.za.
  4. ^ "2019 South African Closed Chess Championships Open". chess-results.com.
  5. ^ "Moaataz, Ayah vs. February, Jesse Nikki | African Women's Championship 2021". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  6. ^ "B. Permanent Commissions / 01. International Title Regulations (Qualification Commission) / FIDE Title Regulations effective from 1 July 2017 / FIDE Handbook". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  7. ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  9. ^ "Twitch". Twitch. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  10. ^ "TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter". www.twitlonger.com. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  11. ^ "CoChess". cochess.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.

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