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Nick de Firmian was born on 26 July, 1957 in Fresno, California, U.S., is an American chess player. Discover Nick de Firmian's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?
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66 years old |
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Leo |
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26 July, 1957 |
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26 July |
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Fresno, California, U.S. |
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United States
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Nick de Firmian Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Nick de Firmian Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Nick de Firmian worth at the age of 66 years old? Nick de Firmian’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from United States. We have estimated Nick de Firmian's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985.
De Firmian earned the International Master title in 1979 and the GM title in 1985.
He has represented the United States at several Interzonals and played on the United States Olympiad teams of 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, and 2000.
He won the 1983 Canadian Open Chess Championship.
Nick de Firmian vs Predrag Nikolic, Tunis Interzonal (1985).
de Firmian conducts an attack which ends with a complex mating combination.
In 1986, he won the World Open and the first prize of $21,000, at that time a record for a Swiss system tournament.
De Firmian was a founding member of Prochess, a grandmaster advocacy group dedicated to promoting chess in the United States.
He has a degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.
He is a three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998.
Beginning in the 1990s, he lived for many years in Denmark.
He currently resides in California.
De Firmian is a noted expert on chess openings and in 1990 he revised Modern Chess Openings, 13th edition (MCO-13).
He also helped prepare the chess opening book for the IBM Deep Blue team for its successful 1997 match with Garry Kasparov.
In 1999 he wrote the 14th edition of Modern Chess Openings (MCO-14), which, along with Nunn's Chess Openings (NCO), is considered an outstanding single volume opening reference in English.
In 2006 he revised and expanded the classic 1921 book Chess Fundamentals, by José Capablanca.
The edition was harshly criticized by chess historian Edward Winter, who claimed that de Firmian "destroyed" the book by changing Capablanca's writing and removing games from previous editions to include new games not played by Capablanca.
De Firmian also wrote the 15th edition of MCO, published in April 2008.
Ca. 2012, de Firmian began a scholastic chess program with the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco.
He is also a chess writer, most famous for his work in writing the 13th, 14th, and 15th editions of the important chess opening treatise Modern Chess Openings.
He was born in Fresno, California.
