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Sergey Fedorchuk
Sergey Fedorchuk ( ua, Сергій Федорчук, translit=Serhiy Fedorchuk; born 14 March 1981) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. Career In 1995 Fedorchuk won the European Youth Chess Championship in the Under 14 category. In 2006 he won a rapid tournament held in Banyoles and shared first place with Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian in the 8th Dubai Open. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Konstantin Chernyshov, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament. In 2009 he tied for 1st–2nd with Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the Paris City Chess Championship and came first at Nantes. He won the Paris Championship of 2012 and 2014. Fedorchuk tied for 1st–8th with Sanan Sjugirov, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodshtein, Eric Hansen, Vlad-Cristian Jianu, Alexei Fedorov and Yuri Vovk in the 2013 Cappelle-la-Grande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cappelle-la-Grande Open
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985. It is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess club ''L'Echiquier Cappellois'' and is played in the ''Palais des Arts'' of Cappelle-la-Grande. It has become over the years one of the largest opens in the world, but in terms of average player strength slightly behind the Gibraltar Chess Festival or the Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, whil ... of Moscow. List of winners * Note: with multiple first-place finishers, the winner on the Buchholz tie-break is listed first. : References External links Official web siteDouble attack from LvivComplete results of edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bronstein
David Ionovich Bronstein (russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Ukrainian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was one of the world's strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1970s, and was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics. Also a renowned chess writer, his book ''Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953'' is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written. Early life David Bronstein was born in Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, to Jewish parents. Growing up in a poor family, he learned chess at age six from his grandfather. As a youth in Kyiv, he was trained by the renowned International Master Alexander Konstantinopolsky. He finished second in the Kyiv Championship when he was only 15, and achieved the Soviet Master t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhailo Oleksienko
Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko, or Mykhailo Oleksiienko ( ua, Михайло Олексієнко; born 30 September 1986) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was Ukrainian Chess Champion in 2016. Chess career Oleksiyenko was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005. He finished first in the Summer Olomouc Open in 2005, Breizh Masters tournament in 2006 and 2007, and Instalplast Open in 2006. In 2014 Oleksiyenko tied for first with Baadur Jobava and Sergey Fedorchuk, placing third on tiebreak, in the David Bronstein Memorial in Minsk. In 2015, he won the Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk with a score of 7/9 points, edging out Anton Korobov and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan on tiebreaks. In 2016, Oleksiyenko won the Ukrainian Chess Championship This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baadur Jobava
Baadur Jobava ( ka, ბაადურ ჯობავა; born 26 November 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion (2003, 2007, 2012). He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017 where he reached round of 16 after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi and in 2021. He also participated in FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 where he finished joint 4th out of 12 participants in Tashkent Leg after beating Sergey Karjakin. He won the individual board performance gold medals in Chess Olympiad 2004 and 2016. Career Jobava won the Dubai Open in 2003 with a score of 7 points out of 9. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, where he was knocked out in the first round by Ruben Felgaer. He won the 2nd Samba Cup in Skanderborg, Denmark in 2005. In 2006 Jobava won the Railyaway Hotel Cup and the prestigious Aeroflot Open. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Nigel Short, Vadim Milov, Aleks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Vovk
Yuri Vovk ( uk, Юрій Вовк; born 11 November 1988 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was trained by Vladimir Grabinsky, coach of the Ukrainian youth team. Career In 2007 he was joint winner with Li Chao and G.N. Gopal at the category 12 Lake Sevan round-robin tournament in Martuni, Armenia. He was awarded the grandmaster title in 2008. In February 2009 he shared first place in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France with Sanan Sjugirov, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodshtein, Sergey Fedorchuk, Eric Hansen, Alexei Fedorov, and Vlad-Cristian Jianu, ahead of 106 Grandmasters and 76 International Masters, scoring 7.5 points out of 9. In 2013 he finished equal first, placing eighth on tiebreak. Other tournament results: * 2003: 1st at Ternopil * 2004: 2nd at the Ukrainian under-16 championship * 2007: wins the under-20 Ukrainian championships; = 1st at Liverpool; 2nd at Rochefort * 2008: 1st at Szombathely; 2nd at Lviv * 2011: 1st–3rd with Maxim Turov and Vladimir G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Fedorov
Alexei Fedorov (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Фёдоров, ''Aleksey Dimitriyevich Fyodorov'', be, Аляксей Фёдараў, ''Aliaksey Fyodarau''; born 27 September 1972) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the titles International Master in 1992 and Grandmaster in 1995 by FIDE. Born in Mogilev, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he briefly played for Russia and from 1993 for the Belarusian Chess Federation. Fedorov won the Belarusian Chess Championship in 1993, 1995, 2005 and 2008 and participated in seven Chess Olympiads (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008) with a performance of 54.3% (+22=32-16). Fedorov competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002. In 1999 he was knocked out in the fourth round, while in 2000 and 2002 he was eliminated in the first. Selected tournament results * Participated at the Corus chess tournament in 2001. Won by Garry Kasparov, Fedorov ended shared 10th place * Shared first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlad-Cristian Jianu
Vlad-Cristian Jianu (born September 27, 1984 in Bucharest) is a Romanian chess grandmaster (2007). Jianu won the Romanian champion in 2006, and national champion in problem solving (Predeal 2006, Bucharest 2012). He won the Romanian National Championship in Blitz and Rapid in 2012. He played for Romania at two chess olympiads: 2014 and 2016. He also participated in two European team championships (2007 and 2013) He won three silver medals: in Szeged (1994, World Championships under 10), Baile Herculane (1994, European Championships under 10) and in Rimavska Sobota (1996, European Championships up to 12 years old) In addition, he has been a three-time medalist of the European Under-18 junior team championships (all tournaments were played in Balatonlelle): gold (2002), silver (2001) and bronze (2000). In 2010, he won the 2nd Limpedea Cup. In 2013, he won the Open d'Avoine, and the 10th Open International d’échecs de Plancoët. Additionally, he tied 1st - 8th in the Cap ... [...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] |
Maxim Rodshtein
Maxim Rodshtein ( he, מקסים רודשטיין, russian: Максим Эдуардович Родштейн, translit=Maksim Eduardovich Rodshtein; born 19 January 1989) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017. Career Rodshtein was twice silver medallist in the European Youth Chess Championships: in the Under 10 section in 1999 and the Under 14 in 2002. He won the Under 16 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in Heraklio, Greece in 2004. In 2006 he won the Israeli Chess Championship. He won the 25th Andorra International Open (30 June – 8 July 2007) in a three-way tie for first in a field of 101 players. In 2008, Rodshtein was a member of the Israeli team in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden; he scored 7 points from 9 games, contributing to the team silver medal. In particular, he was responsible for Israel's win against the Olympic champion, Armenia. A few months later he was offered by Armenia's No. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parimarjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time. As of July 2021, he is the seventh youngest player to achieve this feat. Negi is an Indian and Asian champion. He played on the top board for the bronze medal-winning Indian team in the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway. He was granted the Arjuna Award in 2010 by the Government of India. Chess career Parimarjan Negi won the under 10 division at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in 2002 in Tehran. He achieved his first grandmaster norm at the 2005/06 Hastings International Chess Congress. Soon after he earned his second GM norm at the 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in Delhi. Negi earned his third and final GM norm on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Sherbakov at the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanan Sjugirov
Sanan Sjugirov (russian: Санан Сюгиров; born 31 January 1993) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was European champion and world champion in his age category. Sjugirov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015. Chess career Sjugirov won the World Youth Chess Championships in 2003, in the U-10 section, and 2007, in the U-14. In the European Youth Chess Championships, he won in the U-12 division in 2004 and 2005, and in the U-14 in 2007. In 2008, Sjugirov won the Russian U-20 Championship and the First Saturday GM tournament of May in Budapest. In 2009 he qualified, through the Higher League, to the Superfinal of the Russian Chess Championship, where he was the youngest participant. He scored 3 points from 9 games. Sjugirov played for team "Russia 4" on the first board at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, where he defeated Magnus Carlsen among others. Sjugirov tied for first with Dmitry Andreikin in the World Junior Chess Championship of 2010, placi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
