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Ranking among the world's top players for over a decade comes with the pressure to keep winning, and this year proved a challenging start for Anish.
As a proud member of the Optiver Chess Team, Eline Roebers continues to make her mark on the international chess stage. Competing in her first major tournament since completing her studies, Eline delivered an impressive performance at the 2024 European Women’s Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Monaco.
Up until now, International Master, Optiver Chess Team member and rising star Eline Roebers has had to split her attention between chess and high school. Now that she’s graduated, she can fully concentrate on chess—a shift that appears to have significantly enhanced her performance. With a landslide win in Hoogeveen against a highly competitive field, including two former world champions and the 2022 Dutch women’s champion in the Crown Group, she won all three mini-matches, securing the tournament before even reaching the final round. Impressive
