Evgeny Pigusov (russian: Евгений Пигусов; born March 31, 1961) is a Russian
chess player. He was awarded the title of
Grandmaster by
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
in 1987. He competed in the
FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, where he reached the third round.
Pigusov tied for the first place at the
Politiken Cup The Xtracon Chess Open (formerly the Politiken Cup) is an international chess tournament and the main feature event of the annual Copenhagen Chess Festival.
History
Organized by the Copenhagen Chess Federation (KSU), it was originally set up to giv ...
in
Copenhagen in 1986, the
Chigorin Memorial in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
in 1987, the
Reykjavik Open in 1994. He tied for 1st at Havana 1986, tied for 2nd at Moscow 1987 and Dordrecht 1988. In team events, Pigusov won the team gold medal in the
European Chess Club Cup in 1988, playing for CSKA Moscow, and the World Cities Chess Championship in 1999 playing for
Kemerovo
Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...
.
Evgeny Pigusov
team chess record at Olimpbase.org
Notable games
Zhang Pengxiang vs Evgeny Pigusov (2001)
FIDE WCh KO 2001, Queen Pawn Game: Veresov Attack. Two Knights System, (D01), 0-1
References
External links
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ЕВГЕНИЙ ПИГУСОВ. Персона Дня - 31.03.2019
''ruchess.ru'' (in Russian).
1961 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
People from Kemerovo
Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast
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