Elham Amar

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Elham Amar
Country Norway
Born (2005-01-02) 2 January 2005 (age 19)
Title Grandmaster (2024) [1]
FIDE   rating 2560 (April 2024)
Peak rating 2584 (November 2023)

Elham Amar (also Elham Abdrlauf; born 2 January 2005) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

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Chess career

In January 2020 Elham ranked in 2nd place in international chess round-robin tournament in Stockholm. [2] In February 2020 in Fredericia he won silver medal in Nordic Youth Chess Championship in Class C. [3]

In July 2023 in Oslo Elham won bronze medal in Norwegian Chess Championship (tournament won grandmaster Simen Agdestein). [4]

In August 2023, he won the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament. [5]

In 2022, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

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References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. 4Springare&Stockholms SF IM Salongsturnering
  3. Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2020 Class C
  4. 41 Years After His First Title in Norway Simen Agdestein Wins Again
  5. Riga Technical University Open 2023 - Tournament A