| Anne Haast | |
|---|---|
 Haast in 2018 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | 1 July 1993 Dongen, Netherlands |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2015) |
| FIDE rating | 2320 (May 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2390 (December 2015) |
Anne Haast (born 1 July 1993) is a Dutch chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a five-time Dutch Women's Chess Champion.
Born in Dongen in 1993, Haast earned her Woman International Master title in 2010, [1] and her Woman Grandmaster title in 2015. [2] She has won the Dutch Women's Chess Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021. [3]
Haast has represented the Netherlands in four women's Chess Olympiads: in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. She has also played in four women's European Team Chess Championship tournaments: in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. She scored 6½/7 at the 2013 European Team Championship, winning individual gold. [4]
As of 2015, Haast often plays the Sicilian Defence with both White and Black, followed by the Sicilian Taimanov variation with Black. [5]
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