Boris Savchenko (russian: Борис Савченко; born 10 July 1986) is a Russian

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007.

Chess career

Savchenko competed in the FIDE World Cup 2007 as one of the five FIDE president nominees and was eliminated in the first round by compatriot Alexander Motylev. In 2008, he won the championship of Moscow and tied for 1st–6th with

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, Vladimir Malakhov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Peter Heine Nielsen and

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in the Politiken Cup, held in

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, Denmark. In 2009, Savchenko won the Baku Open edging out

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on tiebreak, after both players finished on 7½/9 points, and competed in the

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, where he was knocked out by Wang Yue in the second round. Savchenko came first in the 34th

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Cup in

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in 2012. The following year he won the Moscow Open. In 2014 he finished first in the Nakhchivan Open on tiebreak over

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, Aleksandr Shimanov and Rauf Mamedov. Savchenko took clear first place in the PSC/

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International Chess Challenge in

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, Philippines in 2015 with a score of 9½/10, two and half points ahead of the closest followers. He tied for first with Rauf Mamedov at the 2015 European

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Championship in

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scoring 18/22 points, but took the silver medal on tiebreak. In 2016 Savchenko won for the second time the Moscow championship. He also won the Moscow Open again in 2019.

Personal life

Born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, he moved with his family to

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

at eight years old. Savchenko later moved to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

to study at the

Russian State University for the Humanities The Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH, RGGU; russian: Росси́йский госуда́рственный гуманита́рный университе́т, РГГУ, translit=Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universit ...

Notable games

Boris Savchenko vs Vladimir Belov, Russian Club Cup (2006), Sicilian Defense, 1-0Boris Savchenko vs Kiril D Georgiev, Aeroflot Open (2006), Scotch Game, 1-0

References

External links

Boris Savchenko
chess games at 365Chess.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Savchenko, Boris 1986 births Living people Chess grandmasters Russian chess players People from Krasnodar Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg