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Anatoly Vaisser (born 5 March 1949) is a Soviet-born French
Anthony Miles vs Anatoli Vaisser, ol (men) 1998, Horwitz Defense: General (A80), 1/2-1/2Anatoli Vaisser vs A Mutzner, Mendrisio open 1988, Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation (A80), 1–0
Anatoly Vaisser (born 5 March 1949) is a Soviet-born French chess
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player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1985, he is four-time world seniors' champion.
Biography and career
Vaisser was born in Almaty,Kazakhstan
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(then Soviet Union). In 1982 he won the Russian Chess Championship
The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms.
Winners by year (men) Imperial Russia
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. FIDE awarded him the titles of International Master (IM) in 1982 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1985.
Vaisser shared first place with Evgeny Sveshnikov
Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov ( rus, Евгений Эллинович Све́шников; lv, Jevgēņijs Svešņikovs; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FID ...
at the Chigorin Memorial in Sochi in 1983, tied for 2nd–3rd with Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating o ...
, behind István Csom
István Csom (2 June 1940 – 28 July 2021) was a Hungarian chess player who held the FIDE titles of Grandmaster and International Arbiter. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He was Hung ...
, at New Delhi
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in 1987, and took second, behind Vladimir Malaniuk, at Budapest
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in 1989. He tied for first in the 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 c ...
twice: in 1987 with Anthony Kosten and Jonny Hector
Jonny Hector (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish chess player. In chess, he received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1991. In correspondence chess, he earned the ICCF title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1999.
Born in Malmö, Sweden, Hector ...
, and in 1991 with Matthew Sadler.
Since 1991, Vaisser has represented France. He won the French championship
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at Narbonne
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1997, and was twice runner-up (1996 and 2001).
Vaisser played twice for France in the Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...
s of:
* 1998, on the fourth board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad
The 33rd Chess Olympiad (, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; Kalmyk: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between September 26 and O ...
in Elista
Elista (russian: Элиста́, (common during the Soviet era) or (most common pronunciation used after 1992 and in Kalmykia itself);"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. ...
(+2 −1 =4);
* 2002, on the second reserve board at the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled
Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper C ...
(+2 −3 =1).
Vaisser has won the World Senior Chess Championship
The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation.
Overview
Originally, the minimum age was 60 years for men, and 50 for women.
Since 2014, the Senior Championship is split i ...
in 2010, 2013, and, since the seniors' championships has been split into two divisions, also in 2014 and 2016 in the 65+ age category.
Notable games
Anthony Miles vs Anatoli Vaisser, ol (men) 1998, Horwitz Defense: General (A80), 1/2-1/2
See also
* List of Jewish chess playersReferences
External links
* * * * 1949 births Living people Chess grandmasters Soviet chess players French chess players Jewish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Kazakhstani Jews Sportspeople from Almaty World Senior Chess Champions {{France-chess-bio-stub