Christopher Repka

Christopher Repka
Repka at the 2018 Andorra Open
CountrySlovakia
Born6 October 1998 (1998-10-06) (age 26)
Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2512 (January 2025)
Peak rating2534 (May 2018)

Christopher Repka (born 6 October 1998) is a Slovak chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Slovak Chess Champion.

Chess career

Repka at the Grenke Chess Open 2019

Born on 6 October 1998, Repka earned his international master (IM) title in 2016[1] and his grandmaster (GM) title in 2018,[2] becoming the youngest GM in Slovak history.[3] He won the Slovak Chess Championship in 2017.[4] He is the No. 2 ranked Slovak player as of May 2018.[5] He won the Slovak Championship again in 2018.[6]

Personal life

Repka is the son of the Slovak IM Eva Repková and Lebanese IM Fadi Eid.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ 4th quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2015, December 6, Athens, Greece FIDE
  2. ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus FIDE
  3. ^ Najmladší veľmajster SR Ľubovnianska televízia
  4. ^ Siaha na titul veľmajstra Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Ľubovnianska televízia
  5. ^ Staff writer(s) (May 2018). "Federations Ranking – Slovakia". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  6. ^ Mistrem SR Christopher Repka
  7. ^ Lebanese Classical Chess Inter-clubs Championship 2017 Archived 2019-07-30 at the Wayback Machine Lebanesechess.com
  8. ^ Slovákov na šach-olympiáde do Baku bude zastupovať iba 17-ročný Repka Teraz.sk
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