Charlize van Zyl
{{short description|South African chess player (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Charlize van Zyl
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| country = South Africa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|09|19}}
| birth_place= Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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| title = Woman International Master (2013)
| peakrating = 1940 (May 2024)
| FideID = 14307120
}}
Charlize van Zyl (born 19 September 1999){{Cite web |title=The chess games of Charlize van Zyl |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=130472 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=www.chessgames.com}} is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master, which she earned in 2013 at the age of 13, becoming the youngest South African to do so.{{Cite web |title=chessblog.com - Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog |url=http://www.chessblog.com/2013/05/new-chess-record-13-year-old-charlize.html |access-date=2023-07-26 |language=en}}
Chess career
Van Zyl won the African Zonals at age 13, earning her WIM title.
She has represented South Africa at the Chess Olympiad in 2018 (finishing on 3.5/8 on board 5){{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Chess Olympiad 2018 Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr368909.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=RSA&flag=30 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=chess-results.com}} and 2022 (4/9 on board 2).{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr653632.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=RSA&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=chess-results.com}}
She came second in the Women's section of the 2022 African Chess Championship, finishing half a point behind Shahenda Wafa,{{Cite web |title=2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles |url=https://www.fide.com/news/2009 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=www.fide.com |language=en}} and qualifying for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023,{{Cite web |date=30 May 2023 |title=Women's World Cup Qualified Players |url=https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/Womens_World_Cup_2023_Qualified_Players.pdf |website=FIDE }} where she was defeated by Nurgyul Salimova in the first round.
Education
Van Zyl attended Collegiate Girls High School,https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/sa-girl-chess-master-at-13-1514661 and studied a BA in media, communications and culture student at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Kimara |date=2020-10-05 |title=gsport4girls - SA Chess Champ Eyes 2021 World Olympiad in Russia |url=https://gsport.co.za/sa-chess-champ-eyes-2021-world-olympiad-in-russia/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=gsport4girls |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=Full Stop |date=2020-09-10 |title=Madibaz chess star plots upward curve in rankings |url=https://www.goodthingsguy.com/sport/chess-tournament-nmu/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Good Things Guy |language=en-ZA}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE|id=14307120}}
- {{chessgames player|id=130472}}
- [https://www.365chess.com/players/Charlize_Van_Zyl Charlize van Zyl] chess games at 365Chess.com
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Category:South African female chess players
Category:South African chess players
Category:Chess Woman International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:21st-century South African sportswomen