Daniël Stellwagen

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Daniël Stellwagen

Full name	Daniël Stellwagen
Country	Netherlands
Born	March 1, 1987 (1987-03-01) (age 21) Soest, Netherlands

Title	Grandmaster


FIDE rating	2639 (October 2007)
Peak rating	2639 (July 2007)

Daniël Stellwagen ( 1 March 1987, Netherlands) is a Dutch chess Grandmaster.

In 1999 He won the junior Dutch championship (U12) and won silver both at the World Junior Championship (U12) and the European Junior Championship (U12). In 2003 he won the endgame study solving contest at the De Feijter Festival in Deventer with an unprecedented 100%. In 2004 he became grandmaster, which at 18 year made him the youngest Dutch grandmaster ever. In 2005 and 2007, he became second in the Dutch Chess Championship. He was leading the 2008 Dutch Championship by a half point with one round to play, but lost to Jan Smeets in the final round earning Smeets the crown.