1. Vincent Keymer was born on 15 November 2004 and is a German chess grandmaster.
14 Facts About Vincent Keymer
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Vincent Keymer was the No 1 in the FIDE World Chess Ratings for Juniors in January 2024.
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Vincent Keymer was born in Mainz, Germany, a city that has a long history of hosting rapid tournaments and Chess960 tournaments.
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Vincent Keymer learned chess from his parents at the age of five.
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When he was ten, Keymer was on the September 2015 cover of the German chess magazine Schach Magazin, hailed as Germany's greatest talent since Emanuel Lasker.
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In July 2017, Vincent Keymer obtained the third and final norm required for the title of International Master.
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Vincent Keymer has been coached by Peter Leko of Hungary, who was himself once considered "the world's most promising prodigy".
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From 29 March to 2 April 2018, Vincent Keymer played in the A group of the Grenke Chess Open as 99th seed.
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Vincent Keymer earned one-and-a-half more points than required for the GM norm.
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Vincent Keymer said in an interview with Fiona Steil-Antoni that his third grandmaster norm "should have come sooner".
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Vincent Keymer finished in 5th place in the 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss tournament.
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Vincent Keymer tied for 16th in the standings with 4 points.
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Vincent Keymer worked as part of Gukesh Dommaraju's team of seconds for the World Chess Championship 2024, helping Gukesh win the match against Ding Liren.
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Vincent Keymer's father, Christof Keymer, is a concert pianist and a professor of music at Leibniz University Hannover; his mother, Heike, plays the cello in an orchestra.