Jordi Magem Badals
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![]() Jordi Magem Badals at the 2008 Andorra Open. | |
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Born | (1967-08-24) August 24, 1967 (age 57) Barcelona, Spain |
Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
FIDE rating | 2491 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2593 (November 2010) |
Jordi Magem Badals (born August 24, 1967 in Barcelona) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster.[1][2]
Chess career
In 1981 Magem Badals won the Catalan Junior Chess Championship. In 1983, he won the Catalan and Spanish youth chess championships.[3][4]
Magem Badals won the Spanish Chess Championship in 1990, ahead of IM Marcelino Sion Castro. He has been runner-up on three other occasions, in 1986 behind Ángel Martín González, in 1993 behind Lluis Comas Fabregó and in 1997 behind Pablo San Segundo Carrillo.[5] He has won the Catalan Chess Championship twice, in 2008 and 2010, and was runner-up in 2009.[6]
Magem Badals played in the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 knockout matches in Las Vegas, United States, but was eliminated in round 3 by Judit Polgár.[7]
Magem Badals represented Spain in seven Chess Olympiads in Novi Sad 1990, Moscow 1994, Yerevan 1996, Elista 1998, Istanbul 2000, Bled 2002 and Khanty-Mansiysk 2010. His best result was in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 where he scored 6/9 and finished 7th on board 4.[8] He also represented Spain in the European Team Chess Championship three times, in Debrecen 1992, Pula 1997 and Batumi 1999.[9]
References
- ^ Jordi Magem Badals FIDE Player Profile, www.fide.com
- ^ Jordi Magem Badals player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- ^ Historial del Campionat Juvenil de Catalunya Archived 2013-09-09 at the Wayback Machine,www.escacs.cat
- ^ Historial Campeonato de España Juvenil (sub-20)[permanent dead link], www.feda.org
- ^ Historial Campeonato de España Individual Absoluto[permanent dead link], www.feda.org
- ^ Historial dels Campionats Individuals de Catalunya Archived 2012-09-09 at the Wayback Machine, www.escacs.cat
- ^ World Chess Championship 1999 FIDE Knockout Matches Mark Weeks
- ^ Jordi Magem Badals Chess Olympiad Results, www.olimpbase.org
- ^ Jordi Magem Badals European Team Chess Championship Results, www.olimpbase.org
External links
- Jordi Magem Badals player profile and games at Chessgames.com