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Benjamin Bok
Title:
Grandmaster
Rating:
2643
Federation:
Netherlands
Age:
24
Bio:
Grandmaster Benjamin Bok has been among Netherlands’ top players for a couple of years already. His first major success came in December 2015 by winning the London Chess Classic FIDE Open with 8/9. He debuted for the Dutch national team at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku and also represented his country at the 2017 European Team Championship on Crete.
At the European Championship 2017 he earned himself a spot in the FIDE World Cup 2017 by finishing 15th. A year later, at the European Championship 2018, he repeated this success by finishing 18th and thus already secured his spot for the FIDE World Cup 2019.
Besides being a professional chess player, Benjamin is studying Business at Saint Louis University as of August 2018 and is on their intercollegiate chess team.
