| Maarten Solleveld | |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | February 5, 1979 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Title | Grandmaster (2012)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2495 (August 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2536 (May 2012) |
Maarten Solleveld is a Dutch chess grandmaster and mathematician.
Chess career
[edit]He won the 2000 Gouda Open ahead of IM Johan van Mil.[2]
He achieved his GM norms at the:[1]
- 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
[edit]He obtained his PhD in mathematics from the University of Amsterdam in 2007 under Eric Opdam.[3] He has held teaching positions at University of Amsterdam, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, and University of Göttingen.[4] In 2011, he became a professor of mathematics at Radboud University Nijmegen.[5]