Daniel Quizon

{{short description|Filipino chess grandmaster (born 2004)}}

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|country = Philippines

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|11|10}}{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main230691.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}

|birth_place = Rizal, Philippines

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|title = Grandmaster (2024)

|peakrating = 2499 (October 2024)

|FideID = 5217911

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Daniel Quizon (born November 10, 2004) is a Filipino chess player and the current Philippine Chess Champion. {{cite web |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/results-daniel-quizon-national-chess-open-2021/ |title=Bright future awaits teen Quizon after ruling 2021 National Chess Open |publisher=Rappler |date=2021-12-14 |access-date=2022-01-12}} He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Quizon, Daniel |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5217911 |access-date=2021-07-24 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021,{{Cite web |last=Villar |first=Joey |title=Quizon, Concio move on to World Cup |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2021/05/11/2097437/quizon-concio-move-world-cup |access-date=2021-07-24 |website=Philstar.com}} where he was defeated 1.5-0.5 by Evgeny Bareev in the first round.{{Cite web |title=Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021 |url=https://worldcup.fide.com/results |access-date=2021-07-24 |website=worldcup.fide.com |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028141455/https://worldcup.fide.com/results |url-status=dead }}

He won the AQ Prime ASEAN Chess Championship in February 2023, earning him a GM norm.{{Cite web |title=Daniel Quizon captures ASEAN Chess title, GM norm |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/19/daniel-quizon-captures-asean-chess-title-gm-norm/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}} in June 2023, he earned his third norm after he went unbeaten at the ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.{{Cite web |last=Villar |first=Joey |title=Quizon nears Grandmaster status after unbeaten ASEAN+ chess tilt run |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2023/06/27/2276945/quizon-nears-grandmaster-status-after-unbeaten-asean-chess-tilt-run |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Philstar.com}}

On March 31, 2024, Quizon defeated Nguyễn Anh Dũng and win the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament claiming his third and final GM norm in Vietnam.{{cite news |last1=Villar |first1= Kriastel|title=Daniel Quizon tops Hanoi tilt, closes in on GM title|url= https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/31/daniel-quizon-tops-hanoi-tilt-closes-in-on-gm-title|accessdate=April 2, 2024 |publisher= Manila Bulletin|date=March 31, 2024}} Quizon earned his final grandmaster norm on September 14, 2024, after defeating GM Igor Efimov in the 45th Chess Olympiad.{{cite news |title=Daniel Quizon becomes Philippines' 17th chess grandmaster at 20|url= https://philstarlife.com/geeky/216444-daniel-quizon-philippines-17th-chess-grandmaster|accessdate=September 15, 2024 |publisher= Philippine Star|date=September 14, 2024}}