Jakob Meister

Jakob Meister
Personal information
Born (1955-09-11) September 11, 1955
Kopeysk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Chess career
CountrySoviet Union (until 1992)
Russia (1992–2004)
Germany (since 2004)
TitleGrandmaster (2008)[1]
Peak rating2519 (October 2004)

Jakob Meister is a Russian-German chess grandmaster.

Chess career

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2008, after achieving his norms at the:[1]

  • Aeroflot Open A in February 2002
  • Aeroflot Festival Tournament A in February 2004
  • Marianske Lazne GM tournament A2 in January 2008

In May 2014, he won the Königsjäger Spring tournament, defeating Robert Rabiega on tiebreak scores.[2]

In December 2014, he won the International Winer Open in Berlin.[3]

In August 2017, he won the German Senior Blitz Chess Championship, half a point ahead of runner-up Bodo Schmidt.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)".
  2. ^ "GM Jakob Meister gewinnt Königsjäger Frühling 2014". May 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Jakob Meister gewinnt das Winter-Open". December 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Jakob Meister gewinnt die Deutsche Senioren-Blitzeinzelmeisterschaft". August 13, 2017.