Luc Winants
{{short description|Belgian chess grandmaster (1963–2023)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Luc Winants
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1963|01|01}}
| birth_place = Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|02|07|1963|01|01}}
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| country = Belgium
| title = Grandmaster (1998)
|peakrating = 2574 (March 2016)
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Luc Winants (1 January 1963 – 7 February 2023) was a Belgian chess player.{{cite news |last=Schulz|first=André|date=7 February 2023|title=Luc Winants ist gestorben|trans-title= |url=https://de.chessbase.com/post/luc-winants-ist-gestorben|language=German|work=ChessBase|location= |access-date=7 February 2023}} He became an International Master in 1986 and an International Grandmaster in 1988. At the time of his death, he had an Elo rating of 2512.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?event=200018|title=Winants, Luc (BEL)|work=FIDE}}
Biography
Winants earned the title of International Master in 1986 from FIDE with standards met at the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki and the Belgian Chess Championship in Anderlecht in 1986. He became a Grandmaster two years later. He took part in eight Chess Olympiad tournaments with the Belgian national team, concluding in 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/syygguec.html|title=Winants, Luc|work=olimpbase.org|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130704091117/http://www.olimpbase.org/players/syygguec.html|archivedate=4 July 2013}} and 2014.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=20&art=20&fed=bel&flag=30&wi=821|title=Composition de l'équipe de la fédération bel - Open|work=Chess-Results.com|language=French}} He took second prize at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/fr/default.php?page=221|title=Cappelle Chess - Actualités|work=Cappelle Chess|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120722080036/http://cappelle-chess.fr/fr2/default.php|archivedate=22 July 2012}} In addition to his career in tournaments, he wrote a weekly column on chess in La Libre Belgique.{{cite news |last=Winants|first=Luc|date=10 September 2011|title=Un véritable match de Coupe|trans-title= |url=https://www.lalibre.be/2011/09/10/un-veritable-match-de-coupe-F2QB2FJL2VDYXEHJVFRE7ZJQ4E/|language=French|work=La Libre Belgique|location= |access-date=7 February 2023}}{{cite news |last=Winants|first=Luc|date=17 September 2011|title=Un véritable match de Coupe (2)|trans-title= |url=https://www.lalibre.be/2011/09/17/un-veritable-match-de-coupe-2-SQDRWM27CZEGFIAA73OS7XXTPQ/|language=French|work=La Libre Belgique|location= |access-date=7 February 2023}}{{cite news |last=Winants|first=Luc|date=8 September 2012|title=Nos filles cassent la baraque !|trans-title= |url=https://www.lalibre.be/2012/09/08/nos-filles-cassent-la-baraque-BWL6IQS6CRBIXHIZTO74YBIJM4/|language=French|work=La Libre Belgique|location= |access-date=7 February 2023}}
Winants died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 60.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 February 2023|title=Luc Winants, grand maître champion de Belgique en 1986, nous a quittés|trans-title= |url=https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/in-memoriam-luc-winants-8961.html|language=French|work=Europe Échecs|location= |access-date=7 February 2023}}
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