Karel van der Weide

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Weide, not Weide.

Karel van der Weide is a Dutch chess grandmaster and author.

Karel van der Weide
van der Weide in 2004
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1973-08-11) August 11, 1973 (age 52) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Title	Grandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating	2421 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2512 (July 2007)

Chess career

Player

In September 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Luis Galego, Daniel Gormally, Klaus Bischoff and Šarūnas Šulskis in the 2nd EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool.^[1]

In January 2007, he won the 32nd Ciudad de Sevilla on tiebreaks over Daniel Cámpora.^[2]

In June 2022, he held a simultaneous exhibition against 25 players at the Chess Club Vredeburg. He won 18 games, drew 4, and lost 3.^[3]

Author

He has written a number of chess books, including Een schaakleven in 100 partijen^[4] and Schaken voor huisvrouwen.^[5]