Evgeny Gleizerov (; born March 20, 1963) is a Russian

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993. Together with 43 other Russian chess players, Gleizerov signed an open letter to Russian president

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, protesting against the

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and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

Chess career

In 2001 Gleizerov tied for 1st–3rd places with Stanislav Voitsekhovsky and

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. The next year he tied for 1st–3rd in the Masters tournament of the 12th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival with Mikhail Ulibin, who won on tiebreak score, and

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, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal, Lázaro Bruzón and Bartłomiej Heberla in the 4th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de La Laguna. In 2011 he tied for 1st–4th with

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, Merab Gagunashvili and

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in the 19th Fajr Open Chess Tournament and won the International Championship of

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in Banská Štiavnica. Gleizerov was part of the Russian team that won the gold medal at the European Senior Team Championship 2019 in the 50+ category.

Notable games

Iivo Nei vs Evgeny Gleizerov, Osterskars op 1995, French Defense: Advance Variation (C02), 0-1

References

External links

Evgeny Gleizerov
games at 365Chess.com * 1963 births Living people Chess grandmasters Soviet chess players Russian chess players People from Bryansk {{Russia-chess-bio-stub