John van der Wiel

Infobox chess player
playername = John van der Wiel


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birthname = John van der Wiel
country = NED
datebirth = birth date and age|1959|8|9
placebirth = Leiden, The Netherlands
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title = Grandmaster (1982)
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womensworldchampion =
rating = 2490 (January 2008)
peakrating = 2590 (January 1987)

John van der Wiel (born 9 August 1959) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982. [ [http://chessdate.com/?cd=date&id=240 This day John van der Wiel was born ] ]

He was the European Junior Champion in 1978 and the champion of the Netherlands in 1986. He was a participant in the Chess Olympiads of 1980, 1982 and 1984 [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/0k8aiawi.html ] . He has competed in several interzonal tournaments: Moscow (1982) where he finished in 11th - 12th place, and Biel (1985) 4th - 6th place (where he lost a playoff for the final Candidates Tournament place to Nigel Short). His best results in the other international tournaments have included Sochi (1980) - 4th - 5th place; Wijk aan Zee (1981, additional tournament) 1st place; Wijk aan Zee (1982) 3rd - 4th; and Novi Sad (1982).

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* [http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=1000020 FIDE Rating Card]
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