Maarten Solleveld is a Dutch chess grandmaster and mathematician.

Maarten Solleveld
CountryNetherlands
Born (1979-02-05) February 5, 1979 (age 45)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
TitleGrandmaster (2012)[1]
FIDE rating2495 (July 2024)
Peak rating2536 (May 2012)

Chess career

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He won the 2000 Gouda Open ahead of IM Johan van Mil.[2]

He achieved his GM norms at the:[1]

  • Dutch Team Championship in June 2003
  • North Sea Cup in July 2005
  • Dutch Team Competition in April 2012

He has been inactive in chess since June 2017.

Mathematics career

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He obtained his PhD in mathematics from the University of Amsterdam in 2007 under Eric Opdam.[3] He has held teaching positions at University of Amsterdam, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, and University of Göttingen.[4] In 2011, he became a professor of mathematics at Radboud University Nijmegen.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Eregalerij van het Open Kampioenschap van Gouda 1993-2022".
  3. ^ "Maarten Solleveld".
  4. ^ "Chess and math: a happy couple?". August 31, 2011.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Maarten Solleveld's homepage".