Jesper Søndergaard Thybo

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo (born 10 January 1999) is a Danish chess grandmaster (achieved in 2020).[1]

Jesper Søndergaard Thybo
Thybo at the 2019 Andorra open
CountryDenmark
Born (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999
TitleGrandmaster (2020)
FIDE rating2538 (May 2023)
Peak rating2604 (November 2021)
Ranking568 (July 2022)

Biography

Thybo has played two times for Denmark at the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads (2012 and 2014);[2] it was in 2014 that Thybo became a FIDE Master (FM). In 2016, he won the Nordic Youth Chess Championship.[3]

2017 proved to be a very productive year for Thybo. He had repeatedly represented Denmark at the European Youth Chess Championship and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, culminating in the acquisition of a gold medal in 2017 in the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 age group.[4] In the same year, in Jūrmala, Thybo won a tournament with an International Master norm.[5][6] Additionally, he won third place in the Danish Chess Championship.[7] Again in 2017, Thybo played for Denmark in the European Team Chess Championship;[8] furthermore, at the second board of the 21st European Team Chess Championship in Crete, he scored +1, =6, -1. It was also in 2017 that Thybo was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.[9]

In 2019, Thybo won the Aarhus Chess House GM tournament with 7/9 points.[10]

From February to July 2020, Thybo was ranked as the 2nd-best chess player in Denmark.[11] As of July 2022, he is the 6th-highest-ranked active Danish player, including a peak rating of 2604 that was achieved in November 2021.[12][13]

References
  1. "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Jesper Søndergård Thybo". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Nordic Youth Championship 2016 Group B". chess-results.com.
  4. European Youth Chess Championship 2017 Open U18
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Jurmala Round Robin IM-II norm-2017". chess-results.com.
  6. "Endnu en IM-Norm til Jesper Thybo". www.skak.dk.
  7. "Danbase". danbase.skak.dk.
  8. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Jesper Søndergård Thybo". www.olimpbase.org.
  9. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  10. "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  11. "FIDE Chess Ranking and Statistics". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  12. "FIDE Chess Ranking and Statistics". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  13. "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.


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