| Benjamin Arvola Notkevich | |
|---|---|
 Notkevich in 2015 | |
| Country | Norway |
| Born | 9 February 1993 Oslo, Norway |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2462 (January 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2512 (March 2019) |
Benjamin Arvola Notkevich (born 9 February 1993 in Oslo) is a Norwegian chess player. [1] [2]
He achieved the title International Master in 2017, [3] and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2018. [1]
Notkevich achieved his first Grandmaster norm in Fagernes in April 2017, with subsequent norms in Fagernes in April 2018 and in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi in October 2018. [4]
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family name: Notkevich / first name: Benjamin Arvola / date of birth: 09.02.1993 / place of birth: Oslo, NOR
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