Andrey Vasilievich Filatov (russian: Андре́й Васи́льевич Фила́тов; born 18 December 1971) is a Russian entrepreneur. Filatov is chairman of the Board of Directors of Tuloma investment company, and a co-owner of the Globaltrans company. Andrey Filatov is also President of the Chess Federation of Russia (from 1992 to 2018 -

Russian Chess Federation The Chess Federation of Russia (), known until 2018 as the Russian Chess Federation, () is the governing body for chess in Russia, and the officially recognized arm of the FIDE in Russia. It was founded on 15 February 1992, following the dissolut ...

), Merited Chess Coach of Russia. He is Honorary Academician of the

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Biography

Filatov completed secondary education at Junior Sporting School 9 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk,

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. He was ranked Candidate for

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of the

(chess).''Mark Glukhovsky''. Andrey Filatov: 'I would like this match to become the event of the year' // New In Chess, # 2 / 2012 In 1993, he graduated from the Academy of Physical Education and Sports of the

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(the Belorussian State University of Physical Culture) with the diploma of Sport Instructor and Chess Coach. At the academy, he met and made friends with such chess players as Ilya Smirin and

Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand ( he, בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; be, Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) ...

. In 1996, together with his partners Konstantin Nikolaev and Nikita Mishin founded Severstaltrans. Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of the French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CCIFR
. In 2015 was awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts for his contribution to the development and popularization of Russian and Soviet art. Andrey Filatov is Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor Medal. Led by His Excellency the Ambassador of France to Russia Mr.

Jean-Maurice Ripert Jean-Maurice Ripert (born 22 June 1953) is a French diplomat. From 2013 to 2017 was the Ambassador of France to the Russian Federation. He is the current ambassador of France to China. From 2009 to 2011, Ripert was the UN's Special Envoy for Ass ...

, the official award ceremony took place on 2 March 2016, in the Chess Museum of Moscow. In 2016, for merits in development of physical culture and sports, Andrey Filatov was honored with the Russian

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством») was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442. Its award criteria were modified on 6 J ...

(2nd class). The award was given to Andrey Filatov by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 10 June 2016. Andrey Filatov was awarded with a bronze medal as senior trainer of the Russian men's team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (2016), a bronze medal at the 43nd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (2018) and a silver medal at FIDE World Team Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk (2017),Team China Keeps on Leading at the World Championship Before the Last Round
// ugra2017.fide.com, 26 June 2017 in 2020 and 2021 - gold medals for winning the first and second FIDE online Olympiads.

Estimated wealth

Andrey Filatov's main asset is the Tuloma investment company. Не is also a co-owner of the railway companie
Globaltrans
an
Transoil Ltd
(7%). In October 2015, Filatov announced consolidation into Tuloma Investment Company, which specializes in investing in Russian companies and shares, of his personal assets (other than Global Ports, Transoil and Globaltrans). Tuloma's investment portfolio includes stakes in Coal Mining Investments Ltd., Fabrikant, Pskovneft-Terminal, real estate development projects of Volgo-Okskaya Investment Company (VOIC), Pushkin, StroyEngineering Development, as well as shares in FosAgro, Novatek, MegaFon, LukOil, Surgutneftegas and Norilsk Nickel. In 2010, ''Finance'' magazine estimated Andrey Filatov's wealth at $920 million. In 2011, the Russian version of ''

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'' magazine ranked Filatov 93rd among Russia's wealthiest business people with an estimated wealth of $1.1 billion. In 2012, Forbes World Listing estimated Filatov's wealth at $1.3 billion (ranked 960th globally).Andrei Filatov - Forbes
// forbes.com, March 2012 In November 2017, Andrey Filatov embarked on a PSA project to develop "25 Years of Independence", one of the largest gas deposits in Uzbekistan, with estimated reserves of 100 bcm. Filatov's stake in the project is 37.5%. On 19 October 2018, Andrey Filatov and the chairman of the Board of Directors of Uzbekneftegaz JSC Bahrom Ashrafkhanov signed a supplemental agreement for the project to create a single investor and set the commercial conditions for the development of the field.

Awards

* Russian Presidential Certificate of Merit (21 January 2011) for active involvement of the transfer by the

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of the Russian cruiser ''Varyag'' (1899) jack flag to the Russian Federation''Akexander Ratner''.
World Title match in Russia aims to popularize Chess through culture
// AIPS Magazine, # 4 / 2011

(10 December 2013) - for sponsoring the startup of the first television channel dedicated exclusively to chess. * The most popular Russian sports manager of 2014 according to the Sport History and Statistics Fan Club (Russia) rating * Five Continents Medal of

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(26 May 2015) * National Order of the Legion of Honour (2 March 2016) *

, 2nd class (14 May 2016) * Bronze medal (Russian men's team trainer) at the

42nd Chess Olympiad The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...

in Baku (2016) * Silver medal (Russian men's team trainer) at FIDE World Team Championships in Kanty-Mansiysk (2017) * Bronze medal (Russian men's team trainer) at the

43rd Chess Olympiad The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and ...

in Batumi (2018) * FIDE Gold Medal for the victory of the Russian national team at the first FIDE Online Olympiad (6 May 2021) * FIDE Gold Medal for the victory of the Russian national team at the second FIDE Online Olympiad * Nikolai Ozerov Medal for a substantial individual contribution to chess development (5 October 2022)

Chess and public activities

Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of French and Russian Businesses of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR). Filatov is a member of the

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Board of Guardians. He has been keen on chess since childhood. Filatov was the initiator and sponsor of the

World Chess Championship 2012 The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. After sixteen games, including four rapid games, Anand r ...

held in

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in 2012, in the

State Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

. According to Filatov, ''"By holding the match in a museum we are attempting to emphasize the link between our favorite game and the arts, as well as pay tribute to the memory of great Russian artists in the broadest sense, including painters, writers, composers and musicians".''. The game was played between

and

Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating ...

. Filatov funded the restoration of the tombstone monument to one of the greatest chess players,

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

, the first world champion who was Russian by birth, in Paris. In memory of his first chess coach, Alexander Valerianovich Sinitsyn, Filatov set up the Sinitsyn Memorial international children chess festival, which has been held in Dnepropetrovsk since 2001. On 1 February 2014 at the 22nd congress of the

, Andrey Filatov was elected President of the Russian Chess Federation. On 13 August 2014, Andrey Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, was elected to the post of the vice president of the International Chess Federation (

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) at the world federation's congress in Norway's Tromsø. He hold office as vice president of

from 2014 to 2018. From January 2016, Filatov is the senior coach of the Russian men's national chess team. The team won a bronze medal at the

in Baku in September 2016, a silver medal in the team championship in Khanty-Mansiysk in June 2017, a bronze medal at the

Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), second largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's ...

in October 2018 and a gold medal at the World Team Championship in Astana in March 2019. In 2016 Filatov was awarded a title of FIDE Senior trainer. On 20 July 2018, Andrey Filatov announced the national team roster for the upcoming World

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

. The Olympiad became historically unprecedented by gathering the world's strongest chess teams. The Russian men's national team won bronze in the competition. Filatov is collecting pieces of art – painting, graphic works, and sculpture as well. In his collection are works of such painters as

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Pyotr Konchalovsky Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky (''also trans.'' Petr; russian: Пётр Петрович Кончаловский; 21 February 1876 – 2 February 1956) was a Russian and Soviet painter, a member of the Knave of Diamonds group. Biography Ear ...

Konstantin Korovin Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (russian: Константи́н Алексе́евич Коро́вин, first name often spelled Constantin; 11 September 1939) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter. Biography Youth and education Konstan ...

, Gely Korzhev, Viktor Popkov, Arkady Plastov,

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, and Aleksandr Laktionov. The collection started with ''Portrait of the engraver J.Watts'' by Nikolai Fechin. This portrait in 1924 won the Thomas R. Procter prize of the

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in the USA. Andrey Filatov's favorite painter is Viktor Popkov. In 2014, Filatov became the owner of Château La Grace Dieu Des Prieurs, a French winemaker situated in Saint-Emilion, part of the

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winemaking region. The renowned oenological consultant Louis Mitjavile was invited to improve the winemaking process, while Jean Nouvel, one of the best-known French architects, created a unique design for the renovated château. Since 2017 the wine is branded as Art Russe Grand Cru and the wine label design includes reproductions of works from the Art Russe fund collection. In March 2021, Сuvée Elena by Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs won the international design competition Red Dot Award in the Product Design category, subcategory Beverage Packaging. In June 2022, the wine-and-chess case based on the design idea of Andrey Filatov, won a prize of A' Design Award and Competition in the Packaging Design category. On 3 February 2018, Andrey Filatov was re-elected RCF President by the XIII Congress of the Russian Chess Federation. In June 2020, Filatov offered to acquire the monument to Theodore Roosevelt in New York City and the monument to Alexander Baranov in Sitka, AK, in the event that a decision was made to remove them. In August 2020, the Russian national team took gold in the first-ever FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. in September 2021, team Russia won second FIDE Online Olympiad. In April 2022, resolution by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation awards Filatov the title of "Merited Coach of Russia". On 17 December 2022, Filatov was re-elected as CFR President.

Art Russe Fund

In 2012, Andrey Filatov established the Filatov Family Art Fund, to collect Russian and Soviet paintings and sculptures found abroad. In June 2014, the Filatov Family Art Fund announced that it was rebranding to Art Russe as it prepared to open a new museum in London. Art Russe would continue the work of the Filatov Family Art Fund, but would take on a broader role, with the focus shifting from collecting art to showing the world the breadth and depth of the talent that thrived in Russia. On 29 July 2014, Art Russe became a Patron of the

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, one of London's leading art galleries. The agreement demonstrates Art Russe's commitment to supporting international galleries, museums and exhibitions, as it planned to launch its own museum in London. To mark the 70th anniversary of

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, in spring 2015 Art Russe arranged the art exhibition ''The Legacy of

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in Russian Art'' at the

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, London. The exhibition featured paintings and sculptures, most of which had never before been on public display in the UK, including Alexander Laktionov's ''Letter from the Front''; the Tkachev brothers' ''By the Well''; Igor Obrosov's ''Wartime Moscow 1941''; Ivan Penteshin's ''The Defence of Leningrad''; Evsey Moiseenko's ''Freedom''; Gely Korzhev's ''The Reunion'' and Mai Danzig's monumental canvas ''And the World Remembers the Saviours''. Foundation Art Russe became a Major Funder of the exhibition ''Astronauts: The Birth of the Space Age'', which opened on 17 September 2015 at London's

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. Several exceptionally rare pieces of space hardware relating to the

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, which had never travelled outside of Russia before, were brought to London for the exhibition, which subsequently toured internationally, including to Moscow. Among the objects: R-7 ballistic missile engines, R-7 spacecraft "

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spacecraft", which carried the world's first woman

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Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( rus, Валентина Владимировна Терешкова, links=no, p=vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə, a=Valentina Tereshkova.ogg; born 6 March 1937) is an engine ...

into space, personal belongings of astronauts, the objects of their everyday life on board, and even a space cosmic souls shower. Art Russe has organized the first major exhibition of Russian and Soviet art of the twentieth century in the Middle East, which opened on 6 October 2015 in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. The exhibition, entitled A''rt Russe Collection of 20th Century Russian and Soviet art Art of the XX century Art Russe: War and Peace'' and including more than 120 works, takes place under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, Youth and Social Development of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. The exhibition ran until February 2016. In February 2016, the painting ''Freedom!'' by Evsey Moiseenko was transferred to the exhibition at Yad Vashem, Israel's national memorial to the victims and heroes of the Holocaust, for a period of 15 years. In June 2016, the fund signed an agreement with the Montagu family to open a new permanent gallery of Russian art at Beaulieu, in Hampshire. In August 2016, Art Russe funded the creation of a tapestry to be woven from a watercolour painting by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh.Art Russe Funds Tapestry Based On Prince Charles Watercolor
// Russian Chess Federation, 4 August 2016

References

External links

Art Russe website

Tuloma Investment Company website

La Grace Dieu Des Prieurs website

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Interviews

Andrey Filatov interview with "Kommersant"
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Andrey Filatov video interview with "Chessvibes"

Andrey Filatov interview with "RBC daily"

Andrey Filatov interview. "Europe Echecs"
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Europe-Echecs video interview Andrey Filatov the World Championship sponsor
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Andrey Filatov answers questions put to him by "CHESS Magazine" editor John SaundersLondon Chess Centre

Andrey Filatov interview with "Sport Express"
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Andrey Filatov: Chess is an efficient way to fight drugs // Andrey Filatov interview with "ITAR-TASS"

Sport-Express. Andrey Filatov: Forbes overrates me
// ruchess.ru, 23 May 2015
Pablo Who? This Tycoon Is Betting Half a Billion on Soviet Art
// Bloomberg, 1 June 2015
From Russia with Art (and Chess): Andrey Filatov is the Soviet era’s cultural ambassador
// B Beyond Magazine, #1, 2015
CNN: Showcasing Soviet Art in the Middle East
// Art Russe, 15 October 2015
Andrey Filatov about Loving One’s Life Work, Chess in Russia and Soviet Art
// Aeroflot Premium, No.10, p. 165, October 2015

//www.tulomainvest.ru, 20 October 2015
Russian art in Abu Dhabi: Art Russe has painstakingly collected and curated the artwork of Russia
//Time Out Abu Dhabi, 20 October 2015
Andrey Filatov: We Must Bring Chess Back on TV
//Sport-Express, 24 December 2015
Filatov: winning Candidates Tournament and the Chess Olympiad are our main goals
// IA R-Sport, 13 January 2016
Andrey Filatov interview with Match TV
// Match TV, 3 March 2016
Andrey Filatov: We are Just at the Start of a Long Journey
// Sport-Express, 27 Maу 2016
Andrey Filatov: I Consider My Coaching Debut a Success
// Sport-Express, 16 September 2016
Andrey Filatov: My Main Goal Is To Make Chess Popular
// Ruchess.ru, 30 January 2017
Interview in Sport-Express: Fans Will Sing National Anthem at the Olympics!
// Sport-Express, 12 December 2017
Lenin And Bourgeois French Grand Cru Wine: The Tale Of An Unlikely Alliance
// TASS, 20 July 2018
Andrey Filatov: National Team is in for Renewal
// Ruchess.ru, 11 October 2018
Andrey Filatov: Caruana Has More Chances to Win Than Carlsen
// Ruchess.ru, 26 October 2018
Time: ART RUSSE – The Taste of Success
// Ruchess.ru, 7 November 2018
Yet Another Russian Trail
// Tatler, March 2019
Andrey Filatov: Aiming at As Many Medals as Possible
// Ruchess.ru, 27 February 2019
New gas chemical complex to emerge in Boisun
// Official website of the President of Uzbekistan, 30 April 2019
Andrey Filatov: Chess Coaches in Russia are Paid the Most
// Ruchess.ru, 19 November 2019
Andrey Filatov: Сhess Results of 2019 are Inspiring
// Ruchess.ru, 15 January 2020
Andrey Filatov: Chess Uses Its Natural Advantages in Difficult Times
// Ruchess.ru, 9 September 2020
From Russia with art
// RT, June 2020
Andrey Filatov: Interest in Chess Has Grown, Not Fallen
// Ruchess.ru, 25 December 2020 {{DEFAULTSORT:Filatov, Andrey 1971 births Living people People from Dnipro Russian billionaires Russian businesspeople in transport Chess patrons Chess officials