HIGHLIGHTS OF CHESS CAREER | |
Boys under-14 Russian Federation Championship,1972 2nd place Boys under-14 Russian Federation Championship,1972 1st place Became a Candidate of Master (analog of expert in US), 1975 Became a Master, 1978 Became an International Master, 1987 Became a Grandmaster, 1988 Won international tournaments: Moscow, Russia 1987 Lvov, Ukraine 1988 Protvino, Russia 1988 Wien, Austria 1989 Hastings Masters, England 1990 Gent, Belgium 1990 New York 1990 Since emigrating to US in 1991 won World Open (1992) won US Open (1992) tied for first in National Open (1990,1992, 1994 and 1999) won World Championship Lucerne,1993) with the US team. member of US team, who finished third in World Chess Olympiad (Erevan, Armenia, 1996) member of US team, who finished second in World Chess Olympiad (Elista, Russia,1998) won Goodricke Open (Calcutta, India, 2000) |
Gregory Kaidanov vs. Alexander Morozevich Gregory Kaidanov vs. Ruslan Ponomarev |
member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, Turkey,2000) member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Bled Slovenia,2002) winner of Aeroflot Open, one of the strongest open tournaments ever (80+ GMs) Moscow, Russia,2002 member of US team,who finished 4th in World Chess Olympiad (Calvia, 2004) member of US team, who finished 3rd in World Chess Olympiad (Torino, 2006) 3rd place in US Championship (Stillwater, OK, 2007) Coach of U.S Women's Bronze Medal Team (Dresden, Germany, 2008) |
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