Helgi Dam Ziska

January 6, 2024
Chess Player

Quick Facts

Helgi Dam Ziska
Full Name Helgi Dam Ziska
Occupation Chess Player
Date Of Birth Jul 27, 1990(1990-07-27)
Age 34
Birthplace Tórshavn
Country Faroe Islands
Horoscope Cancer

Helgi Dam Ziska Biography

Name Helgi Dam Ziska
Birthday Jul 27
Birth Year 1990
Place Of Birth Tórshavn
Birth Country Faroe Islands
Birth Sign Cancer

Helgi Dam Ziska is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on July 27, 1990 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Helgi Dam Ziska (born 27 July 1990), is a Faroese player of chess. He was able to complete the requirements for the title of Grandmaster (GM), at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, 12 September 2016. He is the Faroese’s first Grandmaster player to earn the title. Ziska is the best-ranked Faroese player and highest ever rated. He has been rated number 1 among Faroese players since he was 16. Since 2006, Ziska has represented the Faroe Islands at the Chess Olympiad.

Ziska was second in the Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2012 and 2014. Ziska finished second at the 2013 Danish Chess Championship behind Davor Palo.

FIDE awarded Helgi Dam Ziska the title International Master (IM). He was able to achieve the standards required for the title at FIDE’s Politiken Cup (July 2005), the Reykjavik Open (March 2006) and the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (June 2006).

Helgi Dam Ziska Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Chess Player
House Living in own house.

Helgi Dam Ziska is one of the richest Chess Player from Faroe Islands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Helgi Dam Ziska 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ziska has been awarded the Faroese Championship several times. Ziska was the Nordic Junior Chess Champion in 2006 for boys who were born between 1989 and 1990. He won bronze in 2007 and silver with Hogni Egilstoft Nielson at the 2008 Nordic Junior Chess Championship. He was the Nordic Junior Champion in the oldest age category at the competition, which took place in Ziska’s hometown Torshavn in 2009. Anatoly Karpov visited Faroe Islands in 2010. Ziska won against him at fast chess but lost to him.

He competed in the Chess Olympiad 2006 for the first-time. Ziska received his first norm at the Riga Technical University Open 2013 and was awarded the GM title. He also won the TOURNAMENT D blitz competition in Riga with a score 9.5/11.

In April 2016 Ziska won the 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship in Luxembourg City to qualify to participate at the Chess World Cup 2017.

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Helgi Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Faroe Islands. Helgi Dam Ziska celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

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