Felix Levin

Felix Levin 2019 in Witten
Association	Soviet Union (until 1991) Ukraine (1992 to 1997) Germany (since 1998)
Born	Lviv November 5, 1958
title	International Master (1991) Grand Master (1998)
Current  Elo rating	2479 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2564 (July 2008)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Felix Levin (born November 5, 1958 in Lviv ) is a German chess player and trainer of Ukrainian origin.

He has held the title of Grand Master since 1998 . His highest rating so far was 2564 in July 2008, which meant 15th place in the German Elo ranking. He has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 1998 . At the U20 World Cup in 2003 in Naxçıvan , he acted as coach of Leonid Kritz .

Single successes

In 1993 he finished first in a category 10 tournament in Podgorica , and in 1995 he was second behind Uwe Bönsch at the Bad Wörishofen chess festival . In 1998 Felix Levin won the international Open in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage , in 2000 he became Bremen Rapid Chess Master ( 8th Karl Michel Open ), and in 2002 he won the Gent Open. He won the international Easter chess tournament in Büdelsdorf three times in a row (2002, 2003 and 2004). In February 2003 he won the 3rd North-West Cup in Bad Zwischenahn . In February 2004 he won the 3rd International Open in Rochefort (Charente-Maritime) . He won the international Open in Condino, Italy, twice: in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, he finished second behind GM Arkadi Rotstein at the Liechtenstein Open in Triesen . In 2006 he won the Gausdal Classics B in Gausdal , in December 2006 the 22nd Post Open in Düsseldorf , in July 2007 he was first at the 27th International Open in Benasque and in December 2007 he won the 23rd Post Open in Düsseldorf.

Club teams

His first team in Germany was SG Porz . When he moved from Lviv to Germany, he played first at SF Schwerin on the top board, in the 2000/01 season he made promotion to the Bundesliga chess league on board one of the second division club Königsspringer Hamburg . He then moved to SV Werder Bremen , from 2004 to 2018 he played for SV Mülheim-Nord . He has been active for SV Lingen 1959 since 2018 (initially in the 2nd Bundesliga, in the 2019/20 season in the 1st Bundesliga).

Levin also plays in the Belgian (formerly for SK Rochade Eupen and Bruges , from the 2007/08 season to the 2015/16 season for KSK 47 Eynatten , with whom he was Belgian team champion in 2010 , 2011 and 2014 , from the 2016 season / 17 up to the 2018/19 season for KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis and in the 2019/20 season for the Schachfreunde Wirtzfeld ), French (former), Luxembourgish (in the 2007/08 season for De Sprénger Echternach ), Dutch (from 2004 to 2008 for HMC Calder Den Bosch , since 2008 for Schaakvereniging Voerendaal (since 2018 SV Zuid-Limburg , with which he became champion in 2012 ) and Polish (1990 for LKS Igloopol Dębica ) team championship, as well as in the Austrian 1st Bundesliga in the season 2008/09 for the SK Absam .

Web links

Commons : Felix Levin  - Collection of Images

• Felix Levin at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Replayable chess games by Felix Levin on chessgames.com (English)