Aman Hambleton
| Aman Hambleton | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Born | 30 December 1992 (age 31) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2420 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2509 (September 2013) |
Aman Hambleton (born 30 December 1992) is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He won the Canadian Open Chess Championship in 2017.
Chess career
Hambleton was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1992, and learned to play chess at the age of five. He moved to Toronto at age six, and played in his first tournament in the same year.[1]
He earned his international master (IM) title in 2013,[2] and was awarded his grandmaster (GM) title by FIDE in April 2018,[3] becoming Canada's tenth GM.[4] He earned his first GM norm at the UNAM Chess Festival in 2012, while still a FIDE master, but did not achieve the second norm until the Reykjavik Open in April 2017. He had vowed in March 2017 to not shave his beard until he attained the GM title,[5] resulting in a very lengthy beard by the time he earned his third GM norm in December 2017.[4]
Hambleton won the Canadian Open Chess Championship in July 2017, sharing first with Razvan Preotu on a score of 6½/9.[6] He is the No. 6 ranked Canadian player as of June 2018.[7]
Hambleton is known as one of the Chessbrahs, along with other titled players such as Eric Hansen and Robin van Kampen.[4][8]
References
- ^ Top Players - 2013 Canadian Open
- ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2013, 18-20 January, Yerevan, ARM FIDE
- ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus FIDE
- ^ a b c Sunway Sitges: Aravindh Wins, Hambleton To Shave Beard Chess.com
- ^ On Chess: The quest to grandmaster title at the St. Louis Invitational St. Louis Public Radio
- ^ 2017 Canadian Open: Results Chess Federation of Canada
- ^ Staff writer(s) (June 2018). "Federations Ranking – Canada". FIDE.
- ^ About Chessbrahs
External links
- Aman Hambleton player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Aman Hambleton rating card at FIDE