Markus Ragger

Markus Ragger
Full name	Markus Ragger
Country	Austria
Born	February 5, 1988 (1988-02-05) (age 23)
Title	Grandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating	2662 (November 2011)
Peak rating	2674 (May 2011)

Markus Ragger (born February 5, 1988) is an Austrian chess grandmaster (2008). He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Evgeny Alekseev.^[1]

He won the Austrian Chess Championship in 2008^[2] and played for Austria in the Chess Olympiads of 2008 and 2010.^[3] In 2011, he tied for 1st–5th with Alexander Areshchenko, Yuriy Kuzubov, Parimarjan Negi and Ni Hua in the 9th Parsvnath Open Tournament.^[4]

On the November 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2662.

References

1. ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
2. ^ "Individual Championship 2008". FIDE. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=14854. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
3. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Markus Ragger". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7rxr7xde.html. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
4. ^ "9th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament". Chessdom. http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/alexander-areshchenko-parsvnath-international. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 

External links

• Markus Ragger player profile at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Markus Ragger

Persondata
Name	Ragger, Markus
Alternative names
Short description	Chess player
Date of birth	5 February 1988
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