(which occasionally doubles as an informal England vs Netherlands match). Other interests Werle has studied law at Groningen University while continuing to improve his chess. He admits that he finds the mental rigours of two such analytical and memory-intensive disciplines extremely demanding and can see the benefits of combining academic study with a more physical sport. His favourite sporting pastimes are football, tennis and rowing. Regarding the future, his aspirations as a professional chess player are quite modest and he thinks it more likely that his long-term future will be as a practitioner of civil law. Werle married Romanian chess Woman Grandmaster Iozefina Păuleţ on 7 September 2019. Notable chess games Jan Werle v Daniel Fridman - played at the 7th round of the EU championships in Liverpool 2008. Jan Werle v Peter Wells - played at the Staunton Memorial, London 2008. References Dutch Wikipedia entry Chessdom Interview Corus 2007 biography Jan Werle website homepage Footnotes External links 1984 births Living people People from Warnsveld Chess grandmasters Dutch chess players Sportspeople from Gelderland 21st-century Dutch people