Igor Khenkin (born 21 March 1968 in
Vladimir, Russia
Vladimir ( rus, Влади́мир, p=vlɐ'dʲimʲɪr, a=Ru-Владимир.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, east of Moscow. It is served by a railway and the M7 motorway. ...
) is a German
chess
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player. He achieved the
FIDE
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title of
grandmaster in 1992, and his peak
rating
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is 2670. Igor Khenkin has been one of the
top 100 FIDE players for eight out of the past nine years. He participated in the
FIDE World Chess Championship 2002
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 was held in Moscow, Russia. The first six rounds were played between 27 November and 14 December 2001, and the final match started on 16 January and ended on 23 January 2002. The Ukrainian Grandmaster Rusla ...
, but was knocked out in the second round by
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov; russian: Рустам Касымджанов (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.
In addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhan ...
. In July 2006, he won the
Andorra Open chess tournament with 7/9 points.
Opening
''
New in Chess'', one of the world's most respected chess publications, christened the 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 line in
Caro–Kann Defence
The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
:1. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4, e4 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c6, c6
The Caro–Kann is a common defence against the King's Pawn Opening. It is classified as a Semi-Op ...
the "Arkell-Khenkin Line".
Notable games
Igor Khenkin vs Alexey Shirov
Igor Khenkin faced Grandmaster
Alexey Shirov
Alexei Shirov (, lv, Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in 1998 to qualify to play as challenger for the classi ...
in
Borjomi
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1988. The game played through the
King's Indian Defense
The King's Indian Defence is a common chess opening. It is defined by the following moves:
:1. d4 Nf6
:2. c4 g6
Black intends to follow up with 3...Bg7 and 4...d6 (the Grünfeld Defence arises when Black plays 3...d5 instead, and is consid ...
: the
Petrosian Variation: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.b3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.g4 e4 16.Rc1 e3 17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Bf2 Qg5 19.Kh1 Bd7 20.Nde4 Qe7 21.Qd3 Rae8 22.Ng3 Rf6 23.Kg2 Ng5 24.Bd4 Nc5 25.Bxf6 Nxd3 26.Bxe7 Nxc1 27.Bxg5 Nxe2 28.Ngxe2 hxg5 29.h3 c6 30.a4 cxd5 31.cxd5 Be5 32.Rf3 Kg7 33.Kf2 b5 34.axb5 Rb8 35.Ne4 Kh8 36.Rf7 Bxb5 37.Nf6 Bxf6 38.Rxf6 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 Rxb3 40.Rxd6 a4 41.Ra6 Kg7 42.Rxa4 Rxh3 43.Re4 Ra3 44.d6 Kf7 45.Rd4 Ra8 46.Rd5 Ke6 47.Rxg5 Kxd6 48.Rxg6+ Ke5 49.Kf3 Ra3+ ½–½.
References
External links
*
Igor Khenkin at 365Chess.com* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jug5jgF9_l0
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz-vWMK-49c
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Chess grandmasters
German chess players
Russian chess players
Russian emigrants to Germany
1968 births
Living people
People from Vladimir, Russia