Andrey Vladimirovich Selivanov (russian: Андрей Владимирович Селиванов; born July 9, 1967) is a Soviet and Russian
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...
and
chess problemist (also known also as a chess composer). He was Russian
State Duma deputy from 1993–2003.
Biography
After secondary school and a professional technical school graduation, Selivanov worked in
Komsomol local office (1987–1990). From 1990 to 1992, he was the newspaper's ''Заря Урала'' ("Ural Dawn") social department head. In 1990, Selivanov was elected as member of the Sverdlovsk region of
Krasnoturinsk
Krasnoturyinsk (russian: Краснотурьи́нск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River ( Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg. Population:
History
It was one of the copper mining settlements established i ...
City Council. In this office, he worked until 1993, when he was elected as deputy of the Russian State Duma. In 1995 and 1999, Selivanov was re-elected by the Russian State Duma. In 1995 he graduated from the
Ural State Law University
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, mottoeng = ''Intelligence, honor, creativity''
, established = 1918 (as the Law Faculty of the Irkutsk State University), 1931
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. In 1994, Selivanov was elected as Vice President of the
Russian Chess Federation. In 1997 he was elected as Russian Chess Federation president and the
FIDE Vice President. Since 2013, Selivanov is the
Russian Olympic Committee Executive Vice President.
In 2003, in
Moscow
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, Selivanov won the individual and team
World Chess Solving Championship. He also later twice won the World Chess Solving Championship in team classification. In 2008, Selivanov gained the title of
International Solving Grandmaster. Selivanov is author of more than 850
chess problem
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to ...
s and
studies. He is an eight-time winner of the
World Championship of Chess Composition: four times individually, and four times for the Russian team. In 2009, Selivanov gained the title of International Grandmaster for chess composition. He also is International Judge of Chess Compositions. Selivanov is editor of chess magazines ''Шахматная композиция'' ("Chess Composition") and ''Уральский проблемист'' ("Ural Problemist").
He is married and has three children.
References
External links
* Problems at the PDB-Server
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1967 births
Living people
Russian chess players
Soviet chess players
Chess composers
International solving grandmasters
International Judges of Chess Compositions
Grandmasters for chess composition
Chess double grandmasters
People from Karpinsk
First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Ural State Law University alumni