Fabien Libiszewski
{{Short description|French chess grandmaster and actor (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| image = London Chess Classic 2016 Day5-19 (31872281495).jpg
| caption = Libiszewski in 2016
| country = France
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|5}}
| birth_place = Saint-Étienne, France
| title = Grandmaster (2009){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main3836.jpg|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2547 (December 2016)
| FideID = 616834
}}
Fabien Libiszewski is a French chess grandmaster and actor.
Chess career
In March 2015, he finished in third place at the Reykjavik Open.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/last-round-in-reykjavik|title=Last round in Reykjavik|date=March 18, 2015|first=Alejandro|last=Ramirez}}
In April 2015, he gave a 24-hour blitz/bullet simul marathon to honor the release of the chess-themed film Le Tournoi, a film in which he also starred and served as chess consultant.{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/april-21-22-simul-marathon-gm-libiszewski-for-le-tournoi-8435|title=April 21–22: Blitz/Bullet Marathon By GM Libiszewski For "Le Tournoi"|date=April 21, 2015|first=Peter|last=Doggers}}
He has given courses on the Janowski Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined,{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/fabien-libiszewski-the-surprising-janowski-variation-3-a6-in-the-queen-s-gambit-declined|title=Fabien Libiszewski: The surprising Janowski Variation (3...a6) in the Queen‘s Gambit Declined|date=July 27, 2023}} the Kalashnikov Variation of the Sicilian,{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-master-the-sicilian-kalashnikov-by-fabien-libiszewski|title=New: "Master the Sicilian Kalashnikov" by Fabien Libiszewski|date=March 28, 2024}} and the Caro-Kann.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/fabien-libiszewski-the-surprising-3-d3-against-the-caro-kann|title=Fabien Libiszewski:The surprising 3.d3 against the Caro-Kann|date=June 12, 2024}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Saint-Étienne
Category:French male film actors