Lance Henderson de La Fuente

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Lance Henderson de La Fuente
Henderson de la Fuente in 2019
Country Spain (until 2021)
 Andorra (since 2021)
Born (2003-05-19) May 19, 2003 (age 20)
Marbella, Spain
TitleGrandmaster (2019)[1]
FIDE rating2519 (April 2024)
Peak rating2519 (September 2023)

Lance Henderson de la Fuente (born May 19, 2003) is an Andorran chess grandmaster. He is Andorra's highest-rated chess player.

Chess career[edit]

In October 2022, Henderson won the 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022 by defeating Luitjen Akselsson Apol in the final round.[2][3]

In December 2022, Henderson tied for second place in the Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz tournament.[4]

Henderson participated in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Adhiban Baskaran in the first round.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "HENDERSON DE LA FUENTE LANCE WINS EUROPEAN SMALL NATIONS INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022". October 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Besenthal, Klaus (October 3, 2022). "Lance Henderson wins European Small Nations Championship".
  4. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (December 20, 2022). "Raja Rithvik decimates 9th Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz 18/12, Adhiban third".
  5. ^ Rao, Rakesh (August 1, 2023). "FIDE Chess World Cup: Adhiban, Priyanka into second round, Harsha misses out".
  6. ^ "FIDE World Cup 2023 Round 1 Tiebreaks: A lot of drama and a few upsets". August 1, 2023.