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2000 In Chess
Events in chess during the year 2000: Top players FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000; #Garry Kasparov 2849 #Vladimir Kramnik 2770 #Viswanathan Anand 2762 #Alexander Morozevich 2756 # Michael Adams 2755 #Alexei Shirov 2746 #Peter Leko 2743 #Vassily Ivanchuk 2719 #Veselin Topalov 2707 #Michał Krasenkow 2702 Tournaments Births * Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 January *Alexey Sarana - 26 January * Max Warmerdam - 30 March * Gunay Mammadzada - 19 June * Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July * Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July *Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 August *Jeffery Xiong - 30 October *Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera - 26 December *Samuel Sevian - 26 December Deaths *Daniel Yanofsky, Canada's first chess Grandmaster - March 5 *Aivars Gipslis, Latvian Grandmaster and chess writer - April 13 *Arthur Dake, American chess master - April 28 *Vladimir Bagirov, Grandmaster, chess author, and chess trainer - died of a heart attack while playing chess in Finlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Avrukh
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (; born 10 February 1978 in Ukraine, Soviet Union) is a chess grandmaster, author, and buinessman. Avrukh has published several books, including ''The Classical Slav''. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990. Books Published # ''Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 1A – The Catalan'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 1B – The Queen’s Gambit'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 2'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 2B: 1.d4 Dynamic Systems'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 11: Beating 1.d4 Sidelines'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 17: The Classical Slav'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 8: The Grünfeld Defence Volume 1'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 9: The Grünfeld Defence Volume 2'' # ''1.d4: King’s Indian & Grünfeld – Volume 2A'' # ''1.d4: Dynamic Defences'' Chess career Boris Avrukh has played six times in Chess Olympiads. * In 1998, at second reserve board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+7 –1 =2); * In 2000, at third board at the 34th C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haik M
Haik may refer to: Places * Haik, Iran, a village in Yazd Province, Iran *Hayq, Ethiopia, a town in northern Ethiopia People Given name / Mononym *Hayk, legendary founder of Armenia *Haik Hovsepian Mehr (1945–1994), Iranian martyr * Haik M. Martirosyan (born 2000), Armenian chess player * Haik Nikogosian (born 1955), Armenian physician, politician and a public health expert Surname *Jacques Haïk (1893–1950), French film producer *Katherine Haik, Miss Teen USA 2015 * Mac Haik, American football player, wide receiver * Mohammad Al-Haik, Saudi Arabian footballer * Richard T. Haik (born 1950), American U.S. District Judge * Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura (1912–2000), was an organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist. * Ted Haik (born 1945), American attorney and politician Others *Haik (garment), a type of veil *Proper name of WASP-34b See also *Haig (other) Haig may refer to: Places *Haig Avenue, football stadium in Southport, England *Haig, British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunay Mammadzada
Gunay Vugar qizi Mammadzada (; born June 19, 2000) is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) through the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She has been an under-10 girls' World Youth Chess Championship, World Youth Champion, and both an under-8 and an under-14 girls' European Youth Chess Championship, European Youth Champion. Mammadzada is a two-time Azerbaijani Chess Championship, Azerbaijani women's national champion, which she achieved in 2017 and 2019. She has represented Azerbaijan at the Chess Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship, and the European Team Chess Championship, winning both team and individual bronze medals at the latter in 2019. Mammadzada has a peak FIDE rating of 2483 and has been ranked as high as No. 18 in the world among women. Mammadzada began playing chess at five years old. After winning several medals at both the European Youth and World Youth Championships, she became the you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Warmerdam
Max Warmerdam (born 30 March 2000) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career Warmerdam earned his FIDE master title in 2015, followed by the international master title in 2018. After qualifying through the "top nine-round event" at the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Warmerdam was invited to compete at the Tata Steel Challengers in 2020. He placed 12th with 4½/13 (+2–6=5). During the tournament, he defeated the eventual winner, David Antón Guijarro, with the black pieces. Warmerdam is coached by Loek van Wely. From 3 to 7 January 2021, Warmerdam participated in the Vergani Cup. He scored 7/9 to take first place, half-a-point clear of the rest of the field. In this process, he earned his third grandmaster norm. Later in January, he acted as to Jorden van Foreest in the 83rd Tata Steel Masters. Van Foreest won the tournament and Warmerdam received praise for his work as second. When the interrupted Candidates Tournament resumed in April 2021, Warmerdam was a second t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
