Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956) is a Dutch

chess grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the t ...

and author.

Chess career

Van der Sterren won the Dutch Chess Championship twice, in 1985 and 1993. In 1993 he qualified for the

Candidates Tournament The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The win ...

for the

FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion. Background At the time the World Chess Champion title was split. In 1993, Nigel Short had qualified via FIDE's usual format to meet ...

, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 −3 =3) by

Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky (; ; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion. Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 at the age of 22, and reached a ranking of fourth in the world ...

. He represented the Netherlands in 11 consecutive Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2000.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sterren, Paul Van Der 1956 births Living people 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Dutch chess players Dutch chess writers Sportspeople from Venlo