Daniel Cawdery

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Daniel Cawdery
CountrySouth Africa
Born (1982-07-20) July 20, 1982 (age 41)
Title International Master (2014)
FIDE   rating 2388 (June 2023)
Peak rating 2449 (August 2017)

Daniel Cawdery is a South African chess player who was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 2014 (Candidate Master title in 2008 and FIDE Master title in 2013).

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He won the 2015 and 2022 South African Chess Championship, [1] [2] and has played for the South African Chess Olympiad team in 1998, [3] 2006, [4] 2008, [5] 2012, [6] 2016, [7] 2018 [8] and 2022. [9]

Cawdery qualified for the 2017 Chess World Cup where he was defeated by eventual winner Levon Aronian in the first round. [10] He also played in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Cristobal Henriquez Villagra in the first round.

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