Paul van der Sterren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul van der Sterren

Dutch chess player

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1956

Place of Birth: Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956 in Venlo, Netherlands) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.
He won the Dutch Chess Championship twice, in 1985 and 1993.
In 1993 he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 -3 =3) by Gata Kamsky.
Van der Sterren represented the Netherlands in 11 consecutive Chess Olympiads from 1982 through 2001.He is the author of the two-volume opening encyclopedia Fundamental Chess Openings, which was published in 2009 and 2011.