Christopher Repka
{{Short description|Slovak chess grandmaster (born 1998)}}
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|birth_place = Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia
|father = Fadi Eid
|mother = Eva Repková
|title = Grandmaster (2018)
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Christopher Repka (born 6 October 1998) is a Slovak chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Slovak Chess Champion.
Chess career
File:Repka,Christopher 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg
Born on 6 October 1998, Repka earned his international master (IM) title in 2016[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14918781&title=IM&pb=4 4th quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2015, December 6, Athens, Greece] FIDE and his grandmaster (GM) title in 2018,[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14918781&title=GM&pb=51 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus] FIDE becoming the youngest GM in Slovak history.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180406153950/http://lms.sk/najmladsi-velmajster-sr/ Najmladší veľmajster SR] Ľubovnianska televízia He won the Slovak Chess Championship in 2017.[http://lms.sk/siaha-titul-velmajstra/ Siaha na titul veľmajstra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034719/http://lms.sk/siaha-titul-velmajstra/ |date=2018-06-27 }} Ľubovnianska televízia He is the No. 2 ranked Slovak player as of May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=SVK|title=Federations Ranking – Slovakia|author=Staff writer(s)|publisher=FIDE|date=May 2018|access-date=2018-05-03|archive-date=2018-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504090450/https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=SVK|url-status=dead}} He won the Slovak Championship again in 2018.[http://www.nss.cz/mistrem-sr-christopher-repka Mistrem SR Christopher Repka]
Personal life
Christopher Repka is the son of the Slovak IM Eva Repková and Lebanese IM Fadi Eid.[http://lebanesechess.com/chess-events/2017-2/lebanese-classical-chess-inter-clubs-championship-2017 Lebanese Classical Chess Inter-clubs Championship 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730153305/http://lebanesechess.com/chess-events/2017-2/lebanese-classical-chess-inter-clubs-championship-2017 |date=2019-07-30 }} Lebanesechess.com[http://www1.teraz.sk/sport/slovakov-na-sach-olympiade-do-baku-bu/205549-clanok.html Slovákov na šach-olympiáde do Baku bude zastupovať iba 17-ročný Repka] Teraz.sk
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External links
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Slovak people of Lebanese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
Category:People from Stará Ľubovňa
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