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Candidates Tournament 1985
The 1987 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Seville from October 12 to December 19, 1987. Before the 24th game, Kasparov was down 12–11, but in the 24th game, Kasparov made a comeback by using the English Opening to win the final game to retain his title. 1985 Interzonal tournaments Three Interzonal tournaments were held in 1985 in Tunis, Taxco, and Biel, with four players qualifying from each. : Yusupov, Beliavsky and Portisch qualified outright, while Chernin beat Gavrikov 3½-2½ in a Moscow playoff to take the fourth spot. Slim Bouaziz also started the tournament, but withdrew after six rounds, having drawn only one game and lost the rest. His results are not counted in the table above. : Balashov withdrew after 11 rounds. His last four unplayed games are marked with an asterisk (*). : Short, van der Wiel, and Torre contested a playoff, also in Biel, for the fourth and final spot in the Candidates Tournament. Short and v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship 2024, 2024 World Chess Championship. The first event recognized as a world championship was the World Chess Championship 1886, 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Steinitz won, making him the first world champion. From 1886 to 1946, the champion set the terms, requiring any challenger to raise a sizable stake and defeat the champion in a match in order to become the new world champion. Following the death of reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) took over administration of the World Championship, beginning with the World Chess Championship 1948, 1948 tournament. From 1948 to 1993, FIDE organized a set of tournaments and matches to choose a new challenger for the world championship match, which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Chernin
Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin (; born 6 March 1960) is a Soviet-born Hungarian chess grandmaster and trainer. Tournaments and championships Born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, as a youth he frequently succeeded in tournaments and climbed rapidly through the junior rankings to participate at the very highest level. At Skien in 1979, he entered the World Junior Championship and finished runner-up to Yasser Seirawan. A short while later (January 1980), he played in the European Junior Championship at Groningen and won the event (ahead of Zurab Azmaiparashvili). These prestigious successes soon led him to an International Master title and more importantly, laid the foundation stones for his continued development over the next few years. There were many tournament victories, either outright or shared, including Irkutsk 1980, Copenhagen 1984 (and 1986 with Vasily Smyslov), Stary Smokovec 1984, Polanica-Zdrój (Rubinstein Memorial) 1988 (with Alexander Goldin), Prague 1989 and Marsei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Bouaziz
Slim Bouaziz (born 16 April 1950) is a Tunisian chess Grandmaster (1993). Chess career From the late 1960s to the early 2000s, Slim Bouaziz was the leading African chess players. He won twice in Arab Chess Championships (1986, 1991). Slim Bouaziz is the only African chess to player to participate in 5 Interzonal Tournaments of the World Chess Championships: * In 1967 in Sousse ranked 22nd place; * In 1979 in Riga ranked 15th place; * In 1982 in Las Palmas ranked 12th place; * In 1985 in Tunis withdrew after six rounds, having drawn only one game and lost the rest; * In 1987 in Szirak ranked 17th place. In 1999, in Las Vegas Strip he participated in FIDE World Chess Championship 1999, where in first round lost Vasilios Kotronias. Slim Bouaziz was participant in many international chess tournaments where he won or shared first places in Belgrade (1977) and Bucharest (1992). Slim Bouaziz represented the Tunisian team in major team chess tournaments: * in Chess Olympiad p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaheddine Hmadi
Slaheddine Hmadi (; born 1950) is a Tunisian chess International Master (1982). Chess career From the late 1970s to the late 1990s, Slaheddine Hmadi was one of the leading Tunisian chess players, second only to Slim Bouaziz. Slaheddine Hmadi has participated two times in Interzonal Tournaments of the World Chess Championships: * In 1985 in Tunis ranked 17th place; * In 1990 in Manila shared 60th - 62nd place. Slaheddine Hmadi represented the Tunisian team in major team chess tournaments: * in Chess Olympiad participated 8 times (1978-1980, 1984–1986, 1990–1996); * in World Team Chess Championship The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads ... participated in 1985; * in African Team Chess Championships participated 2 times (1993, 1997) and won individual gold (1993) meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assem Afifi
Assem Afifi (born 3 January 1947) is an Egyptian chess International Master (1985). Chess career From the early 1980s to the mid-1990s, Assem Afifi was one of Egypt's leading chess players. Assem Afifi has participated two times in Interzonal Tournaments of the World Chess Championships: * In 1985 in Tunis ranked 16th place; * In 1990 in Manila shared 60th - 63rd place. Assem Afifi played for Egypt in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1980, at fourth board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+6, =5, -3), * In 1982, at first board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+5, =3, -5), * In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+6, =3, -2), * In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+6, =2, -3), * In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+5, =4, -2), * In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+2, =5, -3), * In 1992, at third board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+2, =6, -2), Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenij Ermenkov
Evgenij Petkov Ermenkov (; born 29 September 1949) is a Bulgarian chess player. FIDE awarded him the titles International Master, in 1974, and Grandmaster in 1977. Ermenkov represented Palestine from October 2003 to December 2010. Ermenkov won the Bulgarian championship in 1973, 1975 (after a play-off), 1976, 1979 (after a play-off) and 1984 (jointly). In international competition, he has had tournament victories, including Albena 1977 (and 1979), Plovdiv 1978 (and 1979), Varna 1986, Dieren 1990 (Open Dutch Championship), Beirut 2004 and Imperia 2005. He has a long career in team chess, beginning at the World Student Olympiad of 1972, where he represented his country of birth. Graduating to the full Bulgarian men's team, he first played at the European Team Chess Championship in 1977 (Moscow) and won an individual bronze medal in 1983 (Plovdiv). At the Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonso Zapata
Alonso Zapata Ramirez (born August 22, 1958) is a Colombian chess grandmaster. He is an eight-time Colombian Chess Champion. Chess career Zapata has won the Colombian Chess Championship in 1980, 1981, 1995 (joint), 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2008. Zapata played twelve times for Colombia in the Chess Olympiads (1978–1992, 1996–1998, 2002 and 2012). He finished second, behind Artur Yusupov, in the 16th World Junior Chess Championship at Innsbruck 1977, tied for third and fourth at Havana 1983, and twice shared first at Cienfuegos in 1980 and Matanzas in 1994 (Capablanca Memorial). Zapata was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980 and the GM title in 1984. In 1988, Zapata beat future world champion Viswanathan Anand in only six moves. In 2014, shortly after relocating to Atlanta, Zapata won the Southeast Open, held at Emory University, with 4.5/5. In 2018, Zapata tied for first place in the inaugural National Senior Tournament of Champions. In 2019, Zapat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Morovic
Iván Eduardo Morovic Fernández (born 24 March 1963) is a Chilean chess player with the title of International Grandmaster. Born in Viña del Mar, he began to play chess at age 9. In 1979 he won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship. In 1980, Morovic took third place in the World Junior Chess Championship in Dortmund, behind Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short. The following year he won the Chilean Chess Championship. At 22 he became the first Chilean to be awarded by FIDE the title of International Grandmaster (GM). His best tournament participation was in 1993, when he won in Las Palmas, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, with whom he drew. Morovic's best Elo rating is 2613, achieved in 1999. He took part in thirteen 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 FIDE Onli ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Miles
Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the International Grandmaster, Grandmaster title. Early and personal life Miles was born on 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham, and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham.Tony Miles ''The Guardian'', 14 November 2001 ''The Daily Telegraph'', 14 November 2001 He was married and divorced twice, and had no children. Miles's first wife was Jana Bellin, Jana Hartston, who had previously been married to William Hartston. Early chess career He learned the game of chess early in l ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Șubă
Mihai Șubă (; born June 1, 1947) is a Romanian and Spanish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1975 and the Grandmaster title in 1978. Chess career Born in Bucharest, Romania, Șubă, won the Romanian Chess Championship in 1980, 1981, and 1985. Șubă began playing chess at the late age of 19 years old, making him an anomaly among grandmasters. He attended the University of Bucharest and trained in the university's chess club, where his passion for chess grew quickly. He progressed rapidly and by age 27 he had won several local championships and achieved a FIDE rating of 2460. Șubă first came to wide attention in 1982 when he finished second, after Zoltán Ribli, at Băile Herculane. At the 1982 Las Palmas Interzonal, he finished third, behind Ribli and former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, just missing qualification for the Candidates Matches. Șubă finished first at Dortmund 1983, and equal first at Prague 1985 and Timișoara 1987. At the Ll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Nikolić
Predrag Nikolić (born 11 September 1960 in Bosanski Šamac) is a Bosnian chess grandmaster. Biography He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and again in 1984, he went one step further and became the Yugoslav national champion. He was awarded the International Master and Grandmaster titles in 1980 and 1983 respectively. The GM title was earned from his 1982 performances in Sarajevo (third) and Sochi (second after Mikhail Tal). He was a winner at Sarajevo in 1983, at Novi Sad in 1984 and at Reykjavík two years later. 1986 was also the year that he shared second place behind Nigel Short at Wijk aan Zee. He returned to winning ways at Sarajevo in 1987 and at the Zagreb Interzonal, narrowly failed to qualify for the Candidates Tournament (sharing fourth place behind Korchnoi, Ehlvest and Seirawan). In 1989, he won at Wijk aan Zee (jointly with Anand, Ribli and Sax) and took firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick De Firmian
Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. He is a three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998. He also tied for first in 2002, but Larry Christiansen won the playoff. He is also a chess writer, most famous for his work in writing the 13th, 14th, and 15th editions of the important chess opening treatise ''Modern Chess Openings''. He was born in Fresno, California. Chess career De Firmian has represented the United States at several Interzonals and played on the United States Olympiad teams of 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, and 2000. De Firmian earned the International Master title in 1979 and the GM title in 1985. Beginning in the 1990s, he lived for many years in Denmark. He currently resides in California. He won the 1983 Canadian Open Chess Championship. In 1986, he won the World Open and the first prize of $21,000, at that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
