Vereslav (Viacheslav) Eingorn (born 23 November 1956,

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) is a

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chess grandmaster,

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and author. He was a member of the

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-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.

Chess career

Born into a Jewish family in Odessa, he twice won the city championship (1977 and 1979). Eingorn played in several

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s, with his best result third place, behind

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and

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at Lvov in 1984. In 1986, he placed equal first with Sergey Smagin and

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in the 2nd

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. He played for Ukraine in the

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s of 1992, 2000 (bronze medal) and 2002. In 1987 he played in the

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tournament at

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, though failed to qualify for the Candidates Matches. He took part in the

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, but was knocked out in the first round by

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. His other tournament results include wins at

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1983, Bor 1986 and Moscow 1986.

Chess strength

According to

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, at his peak in May 1986 Eingorn's play was equivalent to a rating of 2713, and he was ranked number 12 in the world. His best single performance was at Minsk (URS Championship), 1987, where he scored 10.5 of 17 possible points (62%) against 2679-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2745. In the July 2009

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list, he has an

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of 2560, making him Ukraine's number 29.

Coach

Eingorn coached the Ukrainian Women's team to a gold medal in the

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. In 2007 he was awarded the title of

Senior Trainer.

Notable games

Vereslav Eingorn vs Yaacov Zilberman, Oberwart op 1994, Wade Defense: General (A41), 1-0Vereslav Eingorn vs Anatoli Karpov, URS-ch 1988, Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (D37), 1/2-1/2Efim Geller vs Vereslav Eingorn, Riga ch-SU 1985, Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C92), 0-1Vereslav Eingorn vs Viktor Kupreichik, Minsk 1987, Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38), 1-0Vereslav Eingorn vs David Bronstein, Ch URS (select) 1978, Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation (D33), 1-0

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References

External links

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Vereslav Eingorn at 365Chess.comRating data for Vereslav EingornChessmetrics Player Profile: Viacheslav Eingorn
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