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30th Chess Olympiad
The 30th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 7 and June 25, 1992, at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Following the fall of the Iron Curtain, the field of competitors was quite different from previous Olympiads. Twelve of the 15 former Soviet republics now competed as independent nations, and they all finished in the top half. Meanwhile, an all-German team was present for the first time since World War II. Of the former Yugoslav republics, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia appeared independently; Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia did not. This Olympiad also marked the final appearance of Czechoslovakia and the re-appearance of South Africa. With the Soviet team a thing of the past, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Chess Olympiad Stamp Of The Philippines
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He was the World Chess Champion#Split title (1993–2006), Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. In 2000, Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical World Chess Championship 2000, Classical World Chess Champion. He Classical World Chess Championship 2004, defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning World Chess Champion#Split title (1993–2006), FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a World Chess Championship 2006, unification match in 2006. As a result, Kramnik became the first undisputed World Champion, holding both the FIDE and Classical titles, since Kasparov split from FIDE in 1993. In 2007, Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand, who won the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament ahead of Kramnik. He challenged Anand at the World Chess Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashot Anastasian
Ashot Anastasian (; 16 July 1964 – 26 December 2016) was an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He won two team bronze medals and one individual gold medal at Chess Olympiads. On the March 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2556,"The chess games of Ashot Anastasian" Chessgames.com making him ranked number 14 in Armenia. Anastasian won the in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, and 2005. He received his title in 1988 and Grandmaster title in 1993. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arshak Petrosian
Arshak B. Petrosian (; born December 16, 1953) is an Armenian chess player and National Coach. FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1984. He won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1974 and 1976. He became a prominent Soviet tournament player during the 1980s, winning games against such noted grandmasters as Alexey Shirov, Rafael Vaganian, and Alexander Morozevich. More recently he has served as a trainer and mentor to his son-in-law, Péter Lékó. His current Elo rating is 2470, although he has been inactive for at least five years. Arshak Petrosian is not related to Tigran Petrosian, also Armenian, who was World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. Awards *2009 – Mikhail Botvinnik Medal. *2012 – Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots. Notable games A. Petrosian–A. Shirov, Daugavpils Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artashes Minasian
Artashes Minasian (also Transliteration, transliterated as ''Minasyan''; ; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He tied for first in the 1991 USSR Chess Championship and is a six-time Armenian Chess Championship, Armenian Chess Champion. Chess career He participated in eight Chess Olympiads with a record of +23 −12 =28. In 2006 the Armenian team took the first place at the 37th Chess Olympiad. Along with himself, the team consisted of Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian, Smbat Lputian, Gabriel Sargissian). Minasian won the Armenian Chess Championship six times, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004 and 2006. He also won the final USSR Chess Championship in 1991 and New York open championship in 1998. He achieved a peak rating of 2620 in July 1998. In December 2009, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia. References Notable chess gamesKateryna Lahno vs Artashes Minasian, 6th Aeroflot Festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smbat Lputian
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (also Transliteration, transliterated as ''Lputyan''; ; born 14 February 1958) is an Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Chess career He was first at the tournament in Berlin in 1982, shared first place at Athens and at Irkutsk in 1983, first at Sarajevo in 1985 and at Irkutsk in 1986, shared first at Hastings International Chess Congress, Hastings in 1986–87, and first at Dortmund in 1988. He won the Armenian Chess Championship, Armenian Championship in 1978, 1980, 1998, and 2001. In 2006, he won a team gold medal (together with Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Karen Asrian, Gabriel Sargissian and Artashes Minasian) at the 37th Chess Olympiad. Smbat Lputyan has been the founder-president of Chess Academy of Armenia since 2002. Lputian earned the FIDE titles#International Master (IM), International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1984. In December 2009, he was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Akopian
Vladimir Akopian (, ; born December 7, 1971) is an Armenian- American chess Grandmaster. Career Akopian was born in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. He won the World Under-16 Championship in 1986 at the age of 14 and the World Under-18 Championship at 16. In 1991, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1996 and 1997. In 1999 he made his way through to the final of the FIDE knockout World Chess Championship, but lost to Alexander Khalifman by 3.5-2.5. At the Russia vs the Rest of the World 2002, Akopian defeated FIDE #1 ranked Garry Kasparov in 25 moves in the final eighth round. Akopian defeated World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in the first round of the Corus chess tournament 2004 and was in the lead for the beginning of the tournament. He finished the contest in tenth place. He made it to the quarterfinals in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, where he lost to eventual tournament runner-up Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Vaganian
Rafael Artemovich Vaganian (, , ''Rafael Artemovich Vaganyan''; born 15 October 1951) is an Armenian chess player holding the title of grandmaster (GM). He was Soviet champion in 1989. Chess career Vaganian achieved his Grandmaster title in 1971, at the age of 19. This followed an excellent result at the Vrnjacka Banja tournament the same year, where he took first place ahead of Leonid Stein and Ljubomir Ljubojević. It was also the year that he finished fourth at the World Junior Chess Championship, a competition won by the Swiss player Werner Hug. His international tournament record includes victories at Kragujevac 1974, São Paulo 1977, Kirovakan 1978, Las Palmas 1979, Manila 1981, Hastings 1982/83, Biel 1985 (the Interzonal), Leningrad 1987, Toronto 1990 and Ter Apel 1992. At Moscow 1982 and Tallinn 1983, he shared first place with Mikhail Tal and at Næstved 1985 with Walter Browne and Bent Larsen. He won the Reggio Emilia chess tournament twice, on the occasio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saidali Iuldachev
Saidali Iuldachev (; born January 31, 1968) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (1997). He won Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 1993 and 2003. In 2004 he tied for 2nd–4th with Praveen Thipsay and Chakkravarthy Deepan in the Piloo Mody International Open in Lucknow and tied for first with Maxim Sorokin in the Murzagaliev Memorial in Uralsk, Kazakhstan. In 2009 he tied for 5th–10th with Chakkravarthy Deepan, Georgy Timoshenko, Sundar Shyam, Andrei Deviatkin and Shukhrat Safin in the Mumbai Mayor Cup. Iuldachev played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads of 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2008. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Zurab Azmaiparashvili. In the May 2010 FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( , ), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihail Saltaev
Mihail Saltaev (; born 19 November 1962), is a Soviet and Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (GM) (1995), Chess Olympiad team silver medalist (1992). Biography In 1991, in Azov Mihail Saltaev won a bronze medal with Uzbekistan team in the last Soviet Team Chess Championship. He has also won international chess tournaments in Chemnitz (1990), in Vladivostok (1995), in Moscow (1995, 1996), in Neukloster (2001), in Essen (2002), in Hamburg (2006). Mihail Saltaev played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+2, =0, -1) and won team silver medal, * In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+1, =3, -5), * In 1998, at fourth board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+4, =5, -2). Mihail Saltaev played for Uzbekistan in the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship: * In 1995, at third board in the 11th Asian Team Chess Championship in Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Zagrebelny
Sergey Zagrebelny (; born April 9, 1965) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (1993). Career In 1988 and 1990 he won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship. In 1992, as a member of the Uzbekistan national team, he won two silver medals (team and individual on board four) in the 30th Chess Olympiad. He also played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, in the World Team Chess Championship of 1993 and in the Asian Team Chess Championships of 1993 and 1995. In 1998, Zagrebelny tied for 4–7th with Praveen Thipsay, Mohamad Al-Modiahki and Amanmurad Kakageldyev in the Asian Chess Championship in Tehran. Zagrebelny won the Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ... Masters tournament in 2001. He tied for first with Alexander Huzman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nenashev
Alexander Graf (''né'' Nenashev; born 25 August 1962) is an Uzbekistani-German chess grandmaster. He was Uzbekistani Chess Champion in 1989 and German Chess Champion in 2004. Chess career He won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 1989. Nenashev played for the silver medal-winning Uzbek team at the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila; he also won the individual gold medal on board three. In 1996 Nenashev won the Cappelle-la-Grande Open. In 2000 he took German citizenship. In the same year he won the 2nd Dubai Open and the 4th ''Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft'' ("Open International Bavarian Chess Championship") in Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee (Central Bavarian: ''Bad Wiessä'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Miesbach (district), district of Miesbach in Upper Bavaria in Germany. Since 1922, it has been a spa town and located on the western shore of the .... In 2001 he took his father's surname "Graf" and started to represent Germany. Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
