Daniel Quizon | |
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Country | Philippines |
Born | [1] Rizal, Philippines | November 10, 2004
Title | Grandmaster (2024) |
FIDE rating | 2420 (August 2025) |
Peak rating | 2499 (October 2024) |
Daniel Quizon (born November 10, 2004) is a Filipino chess player and the current Philippine Chess Champion. [2] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2024. [3]
He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, [4] where he was defeated 1.5-0.5 by Evgeny Bareev in the first round. [5]
He won the AQ Prime ASEAN Chess Championship in February 2023, earning him a GM norm. [6] in June 2023, he earned his third norm after he went unbeaten at the ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. [7]
On March 31, 2024, Quizon defeated Nguyễn Anh Dũng and win the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament claiming his third and final GM norm in Vietnam. [8] Quizon earned his final grandmaster norm on September 14, 2024, after defeating GM Igor Efimov in the 45th Chess Olympiad. [9]