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Erik Kislik
Erik Kislik, 2012
Full name	Erik Andrew Kislik
Country	United States
Born	(1987-11-14) November 14, 1987 (age 37) Hillsborough, California, U.S.
Title	International Master (2012)
FIDE rating	2331 (December 2019)
Peak rating	2415 (May 2012)

Erik Andrew Kislik (/ˈkɪzlɪk/ KIZ-lik;^[1] born November 14, 1987) is an American chess International Master from Hillsborough, California. He achieved his first FIDE chess rating at age 20 and the International Master title at age 24. His peak FIDE rating is 2415 (May 2012).

Kislik has won a number of notable tournaments, including the First Saturday IM tournament in October 2008^[2] and April 2009.^[3] He also won the Caissa GM tournament in February 2012^[4] and was the joint winner of the Caissa 2012 New Year GM tournament.^[5]

Kislik is the author of the book Applying Logic in Chess, published by Gambit, May 2018. This book won second place for FIDE Book of the Year award, 2018.

Kislik wrote a book successor to Applying Logic in Chess called Chess Logic in Practice, published by Gambit, July 2019.

In a Chess.com article, International Master Bryan Smith wrote that Kislik "had 2700 level preparation" but later edited his wording to "is very strong in opening theory."^[6]

General references

• Kislik Earns IM Norm in Hungary
• Kislik's profile at the Internet Chess Club Archived August 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• Two Chess Personalities
• Chess Hobo: Update on Kislik

• Erik Kislik player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• FIDE Rating Card