Stefan Docx is a Belgian

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player.

Chess career

In September 2018, he played for Belgium at the

43rd Chess Olympiad The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) ...

, where they defeated Malawi 3.5-0.5. In July 2022, he played for Belgium at the

44th Chess Olympiad The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the FIDE, International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to 10 August 2022. It consisted of two main tournaments—an Open event, enabling partic ...

, losing to

Francisco Vallejo Pons Francisco Vallejo Pons (born 21 August 1982) is a Spanish chess grandmaster. He is a five-time Spanish Chess Champion. He achieved the Grandmaster title at the age of 16 years and 9 months. He won the under-18 World Chess Youth Championship ...

(whom he had defeated in their previous encounter) during their encounter with Spain. In December 2022, he was given a one-year ban after refusing a metal detector scan at the Benidorm Open. He was disqualified and not paired for the ninth and final rounds, though statistician Kenneth W. Regan was not able to find any evidence of Docx cheating.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Docx, Stefan Living people 1974 births Belgian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Sportspeople from Antwerp