Jan Gustafsson

Jan Gustafsson

Infobox chess player
playername = Jan Gustafsson


caption= Jan Gustafsson, 2007
birthname =
country = GER
datebirth = birth date|1979|6|25
placebirth =
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
rating = 2607
peakrating = 2627

Jan Gustafsson (born June 25 1979 in Hamburg) is a German grandmaster of chess.

He started playing in the chess club Hamburg SK, where he still continues to be a member. As a young chess player he soon became successful, and won the German team championship in the age group U13 in 1992. Two years later he won the German championship in the age group U15, and 1996 both the individual championship in the age group U17 and the team championship in the age group U20. [ [http://www.pulvermuehle2004.steffans-schachseiten.de/teilnehmer.htm#jan 2. Internationale Fränkische Grossmeistertage] de icon] He plays in the German Chess Bundesliga since 1997. In year 1999 he was appointed FIDE international master, and earned the title grandmaster in 2003. He was nominated to the German national team in 2002, due to merits gained in a match with Greece, and in 2004 he represented Germany in the chess Olympiad at Calvià. Gustafsson is one of the strongest German chess players, and finished second in the 2004 [ [http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=2852 Deutsche Meisterschaft 2004] de icon] and 2005 [ [http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=4095 Deutsche Meisterschaft 2005] de icon] German championships. He is also considered a very strong blitz chess player, winning the German blitz championship in 2001. [ [http://www.schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dbem/2001/index.html 28. Deutsche Blitz-Einzelmeisterschaft 2001] de icon]

His top Elo rating is 2627, recorded in April 2005.FIDE, Chess rating progress chart: [http://www.fide.com/ratings/id.phtml?event=4625498 Gustafsson, Jan] ] He occasionally plays a lot of poker, and has written a book on poker together with Dutch professional poker player Marcel Lüske.

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* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=4625498 Rating data]
*chessgames player|id=49811


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