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Matthias Blübaum
Blübaum, Karlsruhe 2016
CountryGermany
Born (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27)
Lemgo, Germany
TitleGrandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating2640 (July 2024)
Peak rating2646 (August 2017)
RankingNo. 99 (July 2024)

Matthias Blübaum (born 18 April 1997) is a German chess grandmaster. He is the No. 3 ranked German player as of January 2018.[1]

Born in Lemgo, Blübaum began playing chess at the age of 6. He earned his international master title in 2012 and was awarded the grandmaster title in 2015. He has represented his nation at the European Team Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad.

Personal life

Born in Lemgo, Germany on 18 April 1997, Blübaum began playing chess when he was 6.[2][3] He comes from a chess family: his father has a rating of 2253 as of 2014 and his two elder sisters both competed in the top group of the German Girls' Chess Championship.[4]

Blübaum skipped ahead a year in elementary school and received his Abitur at the age of 17. As of 2016, he is studying physics and mathematics at Bielefeld University.[3]

Chess career

2011–2015

In 2012, the German Chess Federation named Blübaum the 2011 U14 Player of the Year.[5] Notable achievements in 2011 were his attainment of the FIDE master title and his third place finish at the German U18 Chess Championship.[6] Also in 2011, he placed sixth at the World U14 Chess Championship, scoring 6½/9 (+5–1=3).[7]

Blübaum earned his first international master (IM) norm at the Neckar-Open in April 2011, scoring 6½/9, and his second at the Helmut Kohl Tournament in July 2011, scoring 6/9. He achieved his final IM norm at the German Chess Championship in March 2012, scoring 5½/9. He was awarded the title by FIDE in April 2012, at the age of 14.[8]

In August 2012, he participated in the World Junior Chess Championship, placing twenty-fifth with a score of 8/13 (+6–3=4).[9] In November of the same year, he competed in the World U18 Chess Championship, placing fourteenth with a score of 7/11 (+5–2=4).[10]

Blübaum earned his first two grandmaster (GM) norms in the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 Chess Bundesliga seasons, with scores of 6½/9 and 8/12, respectively.[11] In September 2014, he competed again in the World U18 Chess Championship, placing fourth with a score of 7½/11 (+5–1=5).[12]

At the 2014 Bavarian Chess Championship, held from 25 October to 2 November, Blübaum achieved his third GM norm, scoring 7/9. He earned an additional GM norm at the German Chess Championship in November 2014, scoring 6/9. He was officially awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE in April 2015.[11]

In July 2015, he competed for Germany on board 1 at the European Youth Team Chess Championship. He scored 5½/7 (+4–0=3), helping Germany win the tournament.[13]

In September 2015, he finished third at the World Junior Chess Championship with 9/13 (+6–1=6), one point behind Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Mikhail Antipov. Antipov won the tournament due to a better tiebreak score than Duda.[14]

2016

In March, he won the Grenke Chess Open with 7½/9 (+6–0=3).[15][16] Vladimir Fedoseev, Nikita Vitiugov, Milos Perunović, Ni Hua and Francisco Vallejo Pons also scored 7½/9; Blübaum won due to performing best on the tiebreak system.[17]

In April, he won the Accentus Young Masters tournament in Bad Ragaz with 7/9 (+6–1=2), half a point ahead of Benjámin Gledura and Noël Studer.[18]

In July, he won the Xtracon Chess Open, scoring 8/10 (+6–0=4).[19] Alexei Shirov, Bassem Amin, Jonathan Carlstedt, Mihail Marin, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Jean-Marc Degraeve also finished on 8/10 but Blübaum had the best tiebreak under the Median-Buchholz system.[20]

In September, he competed for Germany on board 3 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad. He was his nation's best performer, scoring 7½/10 (+6–1=3) for a performance rating of 2744.[21] In the final round of the Olympiad, he defeated Tarvo Seeman of Estonia in a drawn position, which gave the gold medal to the United States. If Blübaum had drawn with Seeman, Ukraine would have won gold by way of the Sonneborn–Berger tiebreak system.[22][23]

2017

In April, he competed in the 4th Grenke Chess Classic, where he finished seventh with 2/7 (+0–3=4). His three losses were to Levon Aronian, Arkadij Naiditsch and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and his four draws were with Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan and Georg Meier.[24]

From 30 May to 10 June, he took part in the 2017 European Individual Chess Championship. He scored 8/11 (+6–1=4), half a point behind Maxim Matlakov, Baadur Jobava and Vladimir Fedoseev. Matlakov won the tournament on tiebreak.[25] Blübaum's performance rating was 2675.[26] Also in June, Blübaum won the German Chess Federation's 2016 U20 Player of the Year award in recognition of his three tournament victories and strong performance at the 42nd Chess Olympiad.[27][28]

In July, he competed in the 45th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting. He finished fifth, scoring 3/7 (+1–2=4).[29] Also in July, he transferred from SV Werder Bremen to Schachfreunde Deizisau e.V. in a switch-up of his Chess Bundesliga team. He had played for SV Werden Bremen from 2012 up until this move.[30]

In September, he participated in the Chess World Cup 2017. He defeated Sandro Mareco +1–0=1 in the first round to advance to the second round, where he was paired with Wesley So.[31] He drew with So in the classical portion of the match +0–0=2, then was defeated in the rapid tiebreaks and eliminated from the tournament.[32][33]

From 28 October to 6 November, he competed for Germany on board 3 at the 2017 European Team Chess Championship. He scored 4½/8 (+3–2=3).[34]

References

  1. ^ Staff writer(s) (January 2018). "Federations Ranking - Germany". FIDE.
  2. ^ Hagenhoff, Werner (23 July 2017). "Simultan gegen Blübaum am 26.08.17 in Wewelsburg" (in German). LSV/Turm Lippstadt.
  3. ^ a b Bülter, Philipp (21 September 2016). "Ein Großmeister gibt sich die Ehre". Westfalen-Blatt (in German).
  4. ^ Schneider, Ilja (15 April 2014). "Ein Jahr lang nur Schach spielen". Die Zeit (in German).
  5. ^ Staff writer(s) (2012). "Ergebnisse: Spieler des Jahres - 2011" (in German). Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.
  6. ^ Staff writer(s) (2012). "Spieler des Jahres > 2011, U14, männlich" (in German). Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.
  7. ^ Staff writer(s) (19 December 2011). "World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 Open". Chess Results.
  8. ^ Staff writer(s) (8 April 2012). "2nd quarter PB 2012, 4-7 April, Elista, Russian Federation". FIDE.
  9. ^ Staff writer(s) (15 August 2012). "World Junior Chess Championship 2012 Boys (Open) Under 20". Chess Results. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  10. ^ Staff writer(s) (19 November 2012). "World Youth Championships 2012 - U18 Open". Chess Results.
  11. ^ a b Staff writer(s) (30 April 2015). "1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 26-29 April 2015". FIDE.
  12. ^ Staff writer(s) (30 September 2014). "World Youth Chess Championships 2014 u18 Boys". Chess Results.
  13. ^ Staff writer(s) (20 July 2015). "Germany and Estonia win European Youth Team Championship". European Chess Union.
  14. ^ Staff writer(s) (15 September 2015). "FIDE World Junior U20 Championship (Open)". Chess Results.
  15. ^ Staff writer(s) (3 April 2016). "Rangliste A-Open" (in German). Grenke Chess.
  16. ^ Souleidis, Georgios (30 March 2016). "Matthias Blübaum wins GRENKE Chess Open". ChessBase.
  17. ^ Souleidis, Georgios (28 March 2016). "Matthias Blübaum gewinnt GRENKE Chess Open" (in German). Grenke Chess.
  18. ^ Staff writer(s) (15 April 2016). "Accentus Young Masters 2016". 365 Chess.
  19. ^ Staff writer(s) (31 July 2016). "Xtracon Chess Open 2016". Chess Results.
  20. ^ Doggers, Peter (1 August 2016). "Bluebaum Wins Xtracon Open, Shirov 2nd". Chess.com.
  21. ^ Staff writer(s) (13 September 2016). "42nd Chess Olympiad: Baku 2016". OlimpBase.
  22. ^ Schulz, André (14 September 2016). "Blübaum gewinnt Gold ... für die USA" (in German). ChessBase.
  23. ^ Bernat, Luis (2017). The Berlin Defence Unraveled: A Straightforward Guide for Black and White. New In Chess. p. 198. ISBN 9789056917418. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ Staff writer(s) (23 April 2017). "Fighting chess in the final round of the GRENKE Chess Classic". Grenke Chess.
  25. ^ Staff writer(s) (19 July 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017 - Final Ranking after 11 Rounds". Chess Results.
  26. ^ Staff writer(s) (19 July 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017 - Player info". Chess Results.
  27. ^ Staff writer(s) (4 June 2017). "Spieler des Jahres U20m: GM Matthias Blübaum" (in German). Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.
  28. ^ Staff writer(s) (2017). "Spieler des Jahres > 2011, U20, männlich" (in German). Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.
  29. ^ Besenthal, Klaus (23 July 2017). "Radek rocks Dortmund final round". ChessBase.
  30. ^ Krallmann, Matthias (14 July 2017). "Matthias Blübaum wechselt nach Deizisau" (in German). ChessBase.
  31. ^ Fischer, Johannes (4 September 2017). "World Cup 2017, Runde 1: 42 Entscheidungen, 22 Tiebreaks" (in German). ChessBase.
  32. ^ Fischer, Johannes (6 September 2017). "World Cup 2017 Runde 2: 7 Siege, 25 Remis" (in German). ChessBase.
  33. ^ Baldauf, Marco (8 September 2017). "World Cup 2017, Runde 2: Favoriten auf dem Vormarsch" (in German). ChessBase.
  34. ^ Staff writer(s) (6 November 2017). "European Team Chess Championship 2017 Open Section". Chess Results.

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