Loek van Wely
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| Loek van Wely | ||
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| Loek van Wely at the 2005 Corus chess tournament. | ||
| Full name | Loek van Wely | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
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| Born | October 7, 1972 Heesch, The Netherlands |
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| Title | Grandmaster (1993) | |
| FIDE rating | 2676 (No. 45 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2714 (October 2001) | |
Loek van Wely (born October 7, 1972) is a chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch championship six times straight from 2000 through 2005. He was rated among the world's top ten in 2001. In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four game match. The computer won two games and van Wely won two games. In 2005, he led the Dutch team to victory at the European Team Championships in Gothenburg.
[edit] External links
- Loek van Wely at ChessGames.com
- FIDE rating card for Loek van Wely
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