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Ilja Brener
Ilja Brener (born 28 September 1989) is a Russian-born German chess player. Since May 2007 he has been identified as an International Master by the World Chess Federation, having first broken through the necessary Elo ratings threshold of 2400 points at a tournament in Prague in May 2004. Life Ilja Brener was born in Moscow. When he was three his family relocated to Berlin. Chess was part of family life. However, by the time he was five years old he was routinely outplaying his grandfather, which indicated an unusual talent for the game. He joined his first chess club two years later, in 2007. His coaches included Holger Borchers, International Master Jakob Meister and Grandmaster Sergey Kalinitschew. Successes On 23 November, in Graz, he won the first Youth Championship of the European Union in the under-14 category.Jörg Schulz: Elena Winkelmann und Ilja Brener EU-Meister. In: JugendSchach, Ausgabe 10/2003, pp. 10–13 (Bericht, Tabellen, Fotos und Partien) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |