Arik Braun

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Arik Braun
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Country Germany
Born (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 36)
Aresing, West Germany
Title Grandmaster (2008)
FIDE   rating 2587 (November 2024)
Peak rating 2609 (February 2020)

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

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Chess career

He won the World Under-18 Chess Championship in 2006 [3] and the German Chess Championship in 2009. [4] Braun was the bronze medalist at the World Junior Chess Championship of 2008, held in Gaziantep. [5]

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References

  1. GM title application FIDE
  2. "As Chessboxing Goes Global, Klitschko vs. Putin Is the Ultimate Card". www.vocativ.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  3. "Arik Braun ist Weltmeister! - Deutscher Schachbund - Schach in Deutschland". www.schachbund.de (in German). 28 October 2006. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  4. "Arik Braun ist Deutscher Meister 2009 - Deutscher Schachbund - Schach in Deutschland". www.schachbund.de (in German). 14 February 2009. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  5. "Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion". ChessBase. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 8 November 2015.