Robin Swinkels
{{Short description|Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| image = RobinSwinkels23.jpg
| caption = Swinkels in 2023
| country = Netherlands
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|4|6}}
| birth_place = Asten, Netherlands
| title = Grandmaster (2009){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main4347.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2536 (October 2013)
| FideID = 1010824
}}
Robin Swinkels (born April 6, 1989) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In July 2008, he played an underwater chess match against Hans Böhm as part of the Curaçao Chess Festival.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/curacao-2008-above-and-below-the-water|title=Curacao 2008 – above and below the water|date=August 7, 2008}}
In January 2010, he participated in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, where he defeated Benjamin Bok, Nils Grandelius, Mariya Muzychuk, Sjoerd Plukkel, and Soumya Swaminathan.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-11-carlsen-wins-again-catches-kramnik|title=Wijk 11: Carlsen wins again, catches Kramnik|date=January 29, 2010}}
In 2017, he played for DJK Aachen in the Chess Bundesliga, where he defeated Alexander Belezky in the first round.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/one-of-the-worlds-strongest-team-events-the-bundesliga|title=German League kicks off new 2017-2018 season|date=October 23, 2017|first=Johannes|last=Fischer}}
He was one of the four players who qualified for the finals in the 2021 Dutch Chess Championship, though was defeated by eventual winner Max Warmerdam.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/max-warmerdam-wins-dutch-championship|title=Max Warmerdam wins Dutch Championship|date=December 7, 2021|first=Andre|last=Schulz}}