Sipke Ernst

Sipke Ernst
Sipke Ernst in 2012
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 45) Damwâld, Netherlands
Title	Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating	2517 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2606 (January 2012)

Sipke Ernst (born 8 January 1979), is a Dutch chess Grandmaster, Dutch Chess Championship medalist, and FIDE Trainer.

Biography

In the 2000s, Sipke Ernst was one of the leading Dutch chess players. He won four medals in the Dutch Chess Championship: a silver medal in 2017, and three bronze medals in 2010, 2011, and 2014, respectively. Ernst has won many international chess tournaments, including Lichfield in 2000^{[citation needed]} and Schaakfestival in Groningen in 2001, 2005, and 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Ernst played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiad^[1] in 2002, at the second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+0, =1, -0).

Ernst additionally played for the Netherlands in the European Team Chess Championship^[2] in 2009, at the reserve board in the 17th European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad (+2, =2, -1).

In 1999, he was awarded the International Master title and received the Grandmaster title in 2007. In 2018, he became a FIDE Trainer.^[3]

References

1. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Sipke Ernst". www.olimpbase.org.
2. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Sipke Ernst". www.olimpbase.org.
3. "Ernst, Spike". FIDE. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

External links

• Sipke Ernst rating card at FIDE
• Sipke Ernst player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Sipke Ernst chess games at 365chess.com