Daniel Fernandez (English chess player)

This article is about the English chess grandmaster. For the American chess grandmaster, see Daniel Fernandez (American chess player).

Daniel Howard Fernandez (born 5 March 1995) is an English and Singaporean chess grandmaster and author.

Daniel Fernandez

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Howard Fernandez
Born	5 March 1995 (1995-03-05) (age 30) Stockport, England
Chess career
Country	England Singapore (2004–2015)
Title	Grandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating	2496 (October 2025)
Peak rating	2537 (October 2023)

Career

Born in Stockport, England,^[1] Fernandez was the joint under-9 British champion in 2004.^[2] Shortly afterwards, his family relocated to Singapore, where he was a member of that country's National Junior Squad.^[3] While living there, he attained the title of International Master in 2010.^[4][5] In team competitions, Fernandez represented Singapore in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 2012, and in the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2007.^[6]

Between 2011 and 2018, Fernandez lived in the United Kingdom, where he attended the Manchester Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge.^[7] He was the British under-18 champion in 2013 and the British under-21 champion in 2014.^[2] Fernandez was awarded the title of Grandmaster in October 2017, at the 88th FIDE Congress held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey.^[8]

Fernandez writes periodically on the specialist news site ChessBase.^[9]

Personal life

Fernandez was born in England to a Singaporean father of Indian descent and an English mother. He moved to Singapore in 2004 with his parents, before returning to England to study.^[10]

Publications

• Fernandez, Daniel (2018). The Modernized Caro-Kann: A Complete Repertoire against 1.e4. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510259
• Daniel Fernandez (2018). The Reliable Petroff - An Evergreen Elite Choice. Fritztrainer opening DVD, ChessBase.
• Fernandez, Daniel (2020). The Modernized Modern Defense. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510884