Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely | |
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Loek van Wely at the 2022 European Corporate Chess Championship | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | 7 October 1972 Heesch, Netherlands |
| Title | Grandmaster (1993) |
| FIDE rating | 2611 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2714 (October 2001) |
| Peak ranking | No. 10 (October 2001) |
Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch Senate for the right-wing Forum for Democracy; however, on 8 December 2020 he switched his party allegiance to the van Pareren group, which is now affiliated with the right-wing JA21 party.