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Dmitry Svetushkin
Dmitry Svetushkin (; ro, Dumitru Svetuşchin; 25 July 1980 – 4 September 2020) was a Moldovan chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002; Svetushkin played for the Moldovan national team in the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship. In the 41st Chess Olympiad, 2014 Olympiad he achieved a Performance rating (chess), rating performance of 2809, the fourth best on board two. Honours *He won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 2000. *He tied for first with Johan Hellsten and Marcin Szymański in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003. *In 2007 he tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Vadim Malakhatko, Mircea Pârligras, Hristos Banikas, and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis in the Acropolis International Tournament and tied for 3rd–9th with Pavel Smirnov, Vladimir Malakhov (chess player), Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeny Vorobiov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Vladimir Dobrov, and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament. *In 2008 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistria lies across the Dniester river on the country's eastern border with Ukraine. Moldova's capital and largest city is Chișinău. Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. In 1856, southern Bessarabia was returned to Moldavia, which three years later united with Wallachia to form Romania, but Russian rule was restored over the whole of the region in 1878. During the 1917 Russian Revolution, Bessarabia briefly became an autonomous state within the Russian Republic, known as the Moldavian Democratic Republic. In February 1918, the Moldavian D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acropolis
An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, yet every Greek city had an acropolis of its own. Acropoloi were used as religious centers and places of worship, forts, and places in which the royal and high-status resided. Acropolises became the nuclei of large cities of classical ancient times, and served as important centers of a community. Some well-known acropoloi have become the centers of tourism in present-day, and, especially, the Acropolis of Athens has been a revolutionary center for the studies of ancient Greece since the Mycenaean period. Many of them have become a source of revenue for Greece, and represent some great technology during the period. Origin An acropolis is defined by the Greek definition of ἀκρόπολις, akropolis; from akros (άκρος) or (άκ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Kostić
Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Yugoslav chess grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. Life and chess Borislav Kostic was born in Vršac, Kingdom of Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary. His father Dimitrije was a merchant and his mother was Emilija (née: Mandukić). He learned chess around the age of ten and made rapid progress while studying Oriental Trade in Budapest. He also spent time in Vienna, the chess capital of the day, and this enabled him to get the high level practice necessary to take his game to the next level. In 1910 he moved to Cologne and from there, travelled and toured extensively, mainly in the Americas, playing matches against local champions and simultaneous blindfold chess. At New York in 1916, he once played twenty opponents without sight of a board and won nineteen games and drew one, while engaging in polite conversation with opponents and spectators. Kostic played more formal matches against Frank Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Hansen (chess Player)
Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer. FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013. Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012. Biography Hansen holds a dual citizenship as a Canadian and American. Hansen was born in Irvine, California, United States, but grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada . He first attended elementary school at Webber Academy where his Chess roots formed a solid foundation during school Chess club. In a March 2016 interview with '' La Presse'', Hansen said he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when he was 8 or 9 years old. In a 2015 article by sportsnet, Hansen said he was prescribed Ritalin temporarily and enrolled in a school for kids with learning disabilities. Hansen attended the University of Texas at Dallas for one year, beginning in September 2011, on a chess scholarship, representing the school in in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrachati
Vrachati ( el, Βραχάτι) is a beach town in the municipal unit of Vocha, Corinthia, Greece, population 3,338 (2011). It is located 12 km west of Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ..., and is a very popular destination for day trippers from Athens. Its beach has been awarded with the blue flag from the European Union. Vrachati is located on the Gulf of Corinth. The local economy is based on tourism and on the production of citrus fruits. References Populated places in Corinthia Velo-Vocha {{Peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaiochora
Palaiochora ( el, Παλαιόχωρα or Παλιόχωρα) is a small town in Chania regional unit, Greece. It is located 70 km south of Chania, on the southwest coast of Crete and occupies a small peninsula 400 m wide and 700 m long. The town is set along 11 km of coastline bordering the Libyan Sea. It is the seat of the municipality of Kantanos–Selino and its population was 1,675 in the 2011 census. Economy Palaiochora's economy is based on tourism and agriculture (mainly tomatoes cultivated in glass houses and also olive oil). It is a relaxing holiday destination since the early 1970s when it was popular with hippies. Palaiochora has crystal clear waters, well organised beaches, and beautiful isolated small anchorages. It is served by numerous hotels, restaurants, tavernas, cafés, and bars. Facilities in Palaiochora include bank branches, a post office, a central telephone office, a health centre, doctor's offices, dentists, chemists, a police station, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Zubarev
Alexander Zubarev ( uk, Олександр Володимирович Зубарєв, ''Oleksandr Volodimirovich Zubarev''; born 17 December 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (2002). In 2008 he tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Anton Filippov, Constantin Lupulescu and Nidjat Mamedov in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest. In 2010 he came first at Ambès and won the 6th Anatoly Ermak Cup in Zaporizhia. In the same year he tied for 1st–3rd with Dmitry Svetushkin and Yuriy Kryvoruchko at Palaiochora. In 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Sergey Kasparov at Bad Woerishofen. In 2015 Zubarev won the 32nd Böblingen Open edging out on tiebreak Olexandr Bortnyk, Jure Skoberne, Maximilian Neef and Lei Tingjie Lei Tingjie (born 13 March 1997) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). She was the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021, 2021 Women's Grand Swiss champion, the 2017 Chinese Chess Championshi ..., after all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriy Kryvoruchko
Yuriy Hryhorovych Kryvoruchko ( uk, Юрій Григорович Криворучко; born 19 December 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Kryvoruchko was Ukrainian champion in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2013. Career Born in Lviv, Kryvoruchko was 5 years old when he was taught how to play chess by his father. He entered his first tournaments at age 7. He came third in the 2004 European Youth Chess Championship in Ürgüp and in the 2006 World Junior Chess Championship in Yerevan. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th places with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Sergey Fedorchuk, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament. In 2009 he was a member of the bronze medal-winning Ukrainian team at the European Team Chess Championship and tied for 1st–4th with Hedinn Steingrimsson, Hannes Stefánsson and Mihail Marin in the Reyk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gap, Hautes-Alpes
Gap (, ) is the prefecture of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, the commune had a population of 40,631, making it the most populated city in Hautes-Alpes. At a height of 750 metres above sea level, to the south of the Écrins Massif, it is also France's highest prefecture. Together with other Alpine towns, Gap engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Gap was awarded Alpine Town of the Year in 2002. In 2013 Gap was named the sportiest city in France by the national sports newspaper ''L'Équipe''. Toponymy The first attestation of the name of the city is located in the ancient texts as ''Vappincum'', later reduced to ''Vappum'', the form of Gap is found in the 13th century. The toponym ''Vappincum'' is analyzed on the basis of a radical ''Vapp-'' unknown meaning, and the suffix ''-incu'' of Liguri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksej Aleksandrov
Aleksej Aleksandrov (born 11 May 1973) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Aleksandrov is a five-time Belarusian champion and played on the Belarusian national team at the Chess Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship and the European Team Chess Championship. He competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004, and in the FIDE World Cup in 2017. Selected tournament results * 1991: Victory at the USSR Junior Chess Championship * 1992: Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship * 1996: Victory at the Belarusian Chess Championship, Victory at Gistrup * 1998: Victory at a tournament in Kstovo * 2000: Second at European Individual Chess Championship * 2000: Victory at the Petroff Memorial in St. Petersburg * 2001: Victory at the 17th open at Bad Wörishofen * 2002: Shared victory at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow * 2003: Shared victory at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow * 2005: Victory at Inautomarket Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Dobrov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Dobrov (Russian: Владимир Добров; born April 13, 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2478 as of May 2021. Dobrov obtained the title of International Master in 2001 and subsequently the title of grandmaster in 2004. Schooling At the age of 15, Dobrov entered the Department of Chess of the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (1999-2009). He studied in the Department of Chess at the same time as Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Potkin, and Alexandra Kostenyuk under the leadership of Evgeny Pavlovich Linovitsky. Chess Career He was Russian Chess Champion U-20 and in 2007 tied for 3rd–9th with Dmitry Svetushkin, Vladimir Malakhov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Pavel Smirnov, Evgeny Vorobiov and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament. He has won tournaments around the world, most of them in rapid chess, such as the Latin American Blitz Chess Tournament in Venezuela (2012), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murtas Kazhgaleyev
Murtas Kazhgaleyev ( kk, Мұртас Мұратұлы Қажығалиев, Mūrtas Mūratūly Qajyğaliev; born 17 November 1973) is a Kazakhstani chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1998. In 2004, he tied for first with Slim Belkhodja in the 27th Syre Memorial in Issy les Moulineaux. Kazhgaleyev competed in the Chess World Cup 2005: he knocked out Evgeny Alekseev in the first round to reach round two, losing to Teimour Radjabov and thus exiting the competition. He won the men's individual rapid tournament at the 15th Asian Games in Doha. In 2007 he tied for 3rd–9th with Dmitry Svetushkin, Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeny Vorobiov, Pavel Smirnov, Vladimir Dobrov and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament. At the 2007 Asian Indoor Games, which took place in Macau, Kazhgaleyev won two silver medals, in the men's individual classical tournament and in the men's individual rapid event. In September 2009 he finished first in the Paris C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
