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Fabien Libiszewski
Libiszewski in 2016
Country	France
Born	(1984-01-05) January 5, 1984 (age 41) Saint-Étienne, France
Title	Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating	2489 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2547 (December 2016)

Fabien Libiszewski is a French chess grandmaster and actor.

Chess career

In March 2015, he finished in third place at the Reykjavik Open.

In April 2015, he gave a 24-hour blitz/bullet simul marathon to honor the release of the chess-themed film Le Tournoi, a film in which he also starred and served as chess consultant.

He has given courses on the Janowski Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, the Kalashnikov Variation of the Sicilian, and the Caro-Kann.

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)".
2. Ramirez, Alejandro (March 18, 2015). "Last round in Reykjavik".
3. Doggers, Peter (April 21, 2015). "April 21–22: Blitz/Bullet Marathon By GM Libiszewski For "Le Tournoi"".
4. "Fabien Libiszewski: The surprising Janowski Variation (3...a6) in the Queen's Gambit Declined". July 27, 2023.
5. "New: "Master the Sicilian Kalashnikov" by Fabien Libiszewski". March 28, 2024.
6. "Fabien Libiszewski:The surprising 3.d3 against the Caro-Kann". June 12, 2024.

• Living people
• 1984 births
• French chess players
• Chess Grandmasters
• Sportspeople from Saint-Étienne
• French male film actors
• Male actors from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
• 21st-century French male actors