Anne Haast

Anne Haast (born 1 July 1993) is a Dutch chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a four-time Dutch Women's Chess Champion.

Anne Haast
Haast in 2018
CountryNetherlands
Born (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993
Dongen, Netherlands
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating2339 (October 2018)
Peak rating2390 (December 2015)

Chess career

Born in Dongen in 1993, Haast earned her Woman International Master title in 2010,[1] and her Woman Grandmaster title in 2015.[2] She has won the Dutch Women's Chess Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Haast has represented the Netherlands in four women's Chess Olympiads: in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. She has also played in four women's European Team Chess Championship tournaments: in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. She scored 6½/7 at the 2013 European Team Championship, winning individual gold.[3]

Playing style

As of 2015, Haast often plays the Sicilian Defence with both White and Black, followed by the Sicilian Taimanov variation with Black.[4]

References
  1. 3rd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2010, 24-25 July 2010, Tromso, NOR FIDE
  2. 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 26-29 April 2015, Chengdu, CHN FIDE
  3. European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Anne Haast Olimpbase
  4. Anne Haast player profile and games at Chessgames.com


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