Arik Braun

Arik Braun
Country Germany
Born (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988
Aresing, West Germany
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2571 (April 2016)
Peak rating 2573 (March 2016)

Arik Braun (born 8 February 1988 in Aresing)[1] is a German chess grandmaster and the world's first chessboxer of Grandmaster strength.[2]

He won the World Under-18 Chess Championship in 2006 and the German Chess Championship in 2009. Braun was the bronze medalist at the World Junior Chess Championship of 2008, held in Gazientep.[3]

References

  1. GM title application FIDE
  2. "As Chessboxing Goes Global, Klitschko vs. Putin Is the Ultimate Card". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  3. "Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion". ChessBase. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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