Noël Studer

Noël Studer
Noël Studer, 2016
Full nameNoël Oliver Studer
CountrySwitzerland
Born18 October 1996 (1996-10-18) (age 28)
Bern, Switzerland
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2582 (December 2024)
Peak rating2588 (December 2020)

Noël Oliver Studer (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss chess grandmaster. He was Swiss Chess Champion in 2016, and again in 2019.

Chess career

Born in 1996, Studer earned his international master title in 2014 and his grandmaster title in 2017. His achievement of the latter title at the age of 20 makes him Switzerland's youngest ever grandmaster.[1] He is the No. 2 ranked Swiss player as of October 2021.[2]

In 2019, Studer won the Accentus Young Masters, held from 27 February to 7 March. He won his first five games, and finished one point clear of the rest of the field with 7½/9 (+6–0=3).[3]

On 5 August 2021 Studer announced he would be retiring from competitive chess at the start of 2022, citing health problems, and the want to focus on other career paths.[4] He is currently operating a chess blog, which started at March 2021.

Personal life

In January 2023, Studer announced that he was engaged to WFM Alessia Santeramo.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Noël Studer (20) ist jüngster Grossmeister in der Schweizer Schachgeschichte! – dritte GM-Norm und Sprung über die 2500-ELO-Marke dank Top-Resultat beim Grenke-Open in Karlsruhe - SSB". swisschess.ch. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  2. ^ Staff writer(s) (October 2017). "Federations Ranking - Switzerland". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  3. ^ Fischer, Johannes (10 March 2019). "Accentus Young Masters: Studer wins, Yankelevich grabs GM norm". ChessBase.
  4. ^ Studer, Noël (4 August 2021). "Why I Retire From Competitive Chess". nextlevelchess.
  5. ^ Studer, Noël (4 Jan 2023). "The best move of my life. She said yes. Future wifey @AlessiaSantera1 ♥️". Twitter.


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