Maarten Solleveld
{{Short description|Dutch chess grandmaster and mathematician (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = Netherlands
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|5}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| title = Grandmaster (2012){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main552.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2536 (May 2012)
| FideID = 1005286
}}
Maarten Solleveld is a Dutch chess grandmaster and mathematician.
Chess career
He won the 2000 Gouda Open ahead of IM Johan van Mil.{{cite web|url=https://www.messemaker-1847.nl/OKG2022/Eregalerij.php|title=Eregalerij van het Open Kampioenschap van Gouda 1993-2022}}
He achieved his GM norms at the:
- Dutch Team Championship in June 2003
- North Sea Cup in July 2005
- Dutch Team Competition in April 2012
He has been inactive in chess since June 2017.
Mathematics career
He obtained his PhD in mathematics from the University of Amsterdam in 2007 under Eric Opdam.{{cite web|url=https://gqt.nl/for-researchers/members/maarten-solleveld/#:~:text=Maarten%20Solleveld%20(1979)%20studied%20mathematics,the%20supervision%20of%20Eric%20Opdam|title=Maarten Solleveld}} He has held teaching positions at University of Amsterdam, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, and University of Göttingen.{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/chess-and-math-a-happy-couple|title=Chess and math: a happy couple?|date=August 31, 2011}} In 2011, he became a professor of mathematics at Radboud University Nijmegen.{{cite web|url=https://www.math.ru.nl/~solleveld/index.php|title=Welcome to Maarten Solleveld's homepage}}
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Category:Chess players from Amsterdam
Category:University of Amsterdam alumni
Category:University of Göttingen alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam