| Fabien Libiszewski | |
|---|---|
 Libiszewski in 2016 | |
| Country | France |
| Born | January 5, 1984 Saint-Étienne, France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) [1] |
| FIDE rating | 2492 (August 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2547 (December 2016) |
Fabien Libiszewski is a French chess grandmaster and actor.
In March 2015, he finished in third place at the Reykjavik Open. [2]
In April 2015, he gave a 24-hour blitz/bullet simul marathon to honor the release of the chess-themed film Le Tournoi , a film in which he also starred and served as chess consultant. [3]
He has given courses on the Janowski Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, [4] the Kalashnikov Variation of the Sicilian, [5] and the Caro-Kann. [6]
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