Henry Robert Steel

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Henry Robert Steel
Country South Africa
Born (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 33)
Title International Master (2014)
FIDE   rating 2417 (December 2022)

Henry Robert Steel (born 7 October 1989) [1] is a South African chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 2014. He has won the South African Chess Championship twice, in 2007 and 2011 (jointly with Watu Kobese).

Steel played for the South African national team at the Chess Olympiads of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, and at the All-Africa Games in 2007 and 2011, winning the team silver medal both times. In 2011 he also won an individual silver playing the top board. [2]

He tied for 2nd–3rd place with Essam El Gindy in the 2011 African Chess Championship, taking third place on tie-break. [3] This result qualified him for the FIDE World Cup, held later that year. [4] Here he was knocked out by Vassily Ivanchuk in the first round.

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References

  1. IM title application. FIDE.
  2. Henry Steel team chess record at OlimpBase.org
  3. 2011 African Individual Chess Championship Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Chess-Results.com.
  4. "FIDE has announced qualifiers for the World Cup 2011". ChessBase. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2016.