Igor Kurnosov (russian: Игорь Курносов; 30 May 1985 – 8 August 2013) was a Russian

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grandmaster. In 2004 he won the 8th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in

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edging out on tiebreak other five grandmasters. Kurnosov took clear first place at the Arctic Chess Challenge in

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, Norway in 2008, 2008/9 Hastings Masters tournament and 2011

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, Denmark. In 2010 he played in the Russian Championship Superfinal, where he scored 5½/11 for a shared 7th–10th place. In December 2011, Kurnosov won the

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by tiebreak over

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. In 2012, by winning the semi-finals in

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, he qualified for the

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final. In the same year he tied for 1st–3rd with

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and Romain Edouard in the Biel Masters Open winning the tournament on countback. In May 2013 he won the Nakhchivan Open on tiebreak over

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and

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. Two months later, in July 2013, Kurnosov won the 20th

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Chess Festival, edging out

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, Mikhailo Oleksienko and

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on tiebreak. On the August 2013

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, Kurnosov ranked 84th in the world with a 2662

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. Kurnosov was hit and killed by a car on 8 August 2013 at 2:45 am in his home town

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

, aged 28.

Notable games

Igor Kurnosov vs Marat Dzhumaev, 2nd Agzamov Memorial 2008, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07), 1-0
Kurnosov defeated top seed

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( az, Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 13 in the world. ...

at the 2009

Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, whil ...

in Moscow in 21 moves. Mamedyarov filed a complaint of cheating following the game, but the complaint was dismissed.ChessBase.com - Chess News - Aeroflot scandal – the accused responds
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Igor Kurnosov, Aeroflot Open 2009, Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Goglidze Attack (D70), 0-1

References

External links

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Igor Kurnosov
chess games at 365Chess.com
Interview with Igor Kurnosov
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