Conrad Holt
{{short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name = Conrad Holt
| image = Conrad_Holt_2012.jpg
| caption = Holt in 2012
| full_name = Conrad William Holt
| country = United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|7|9}}
| birth_place = Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
| title = Grandmaster (2012)
| peakrating = 2592 (July 2018)
| FideID = 2034387
}}
Conrad William Holt (born July 9, 1993) is an American chess grandmaster who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012.{{cite web |url=https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6455-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-83rd-fide-congress.html |title=List of titles approved by the 83rd FIDE Congress (September 1-9, 2012) |website=FIDE.com |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=January 12, 2022}}
Chess career
Holt earned his USCF expert rating of 2000+ in October 2007 at Derby, Kansas. He went on to achieve his National Master title nine months later, in the World Open in Philadelphia.{{cite web |url=http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org/home.html |title=Anatoly Karpov School - Conrad Holt profile |publisher=anatolykarpovchessschool.org |accessdate=2013-04-12}} In 2008, Holt won the US Cadet Championship, earning him his first International Master norm, and in July 2009, he achieved his FIDE Master title, crossing 2300 rating for the first time. In 2010, Holt gained his second IM norm in the 2010 World Open.{{cite web |url=http://saintlouischessclub.org/player-bio/fm-conrad-holt |title=Conrad Holt biography |publisher=Saint Louis Chess Club |accessdate=2013-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227053507/http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/player-bio/fm-conrad-holt |archive-date=2011-12-27 |url-status=dead}}
Holt became a Senior Master in 2011, and achieved his third grandmaster norm by drawing Alexander Lenderman in the 2012 Dallas GM invitational. With 5.0/10 in the event overall and crossing the 2500 FIDE rating mark,{{cite web |url=http://usa.chessdom.com/conrad-holt-with-perfect-start-in-dallas/ |title=Conrad Holt with perfect start in Dallas |publisher=Chessdom |date=2012-03-10 |accessdate=2013-04-12 |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410210646/http://usa.chessdom.com/conrad-holt-with-perfect-start-in-dallas/ |url-status=dead }} Holt gained his GM-elect title, which was confirmed later on in the year.{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/211/PostId/4008011 |title=University of Texas at Dallas' GM Invitational |publisher=Chessbase |date=2012-03-20 |accessdate=2013-04-12 |author=Ramirez, Alejandro}}
In August 2014, Holt won the 2014 US Open Championship, finishing tied for first place and winning in a tie-break playoff game.{{cite web |url=http://www.alchess.com/chess/14/usopen/ |title=Holt wins U.S. Open Championship 2014}}
Other
Conrad Holt is a consistently strong internet blitz player, playing on such chess servers as ICC and Chess.com. While a physics student at the University of Texas at Dallas, Holt was a member of the UT Dallas chess team.{{cite web |url=http://www.utdallas.edu/chess/chess-team/ |title=The UT Dallas Chess Team |publisher=University of Texas at Dallas |accessdate=2013-04-12}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE}}
- {{USCF}}
- {{Chessgames.com player|115618}}
- {{Chess.com member|dretch}}
- {{Chessclub.com player|darnoc}}
- [http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=2034387 Chess-db.com bio]
{{American chess grandmasters}}
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Category:American chess players