Anton Filippov (born 6 December 1986 in

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) is an

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Grandmaster (2008).

Career

He won the Asian Under 16 Chess Championship 2001 in

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, and the Asian U18 Athletics Championship in 2004. In 2007 he tied for 1st–3rd with

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and

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in the Uzbekistani Chess Championship. In 2008 he won the first

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Open Championship and tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili,

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and

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in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008. In 2009, he won the fourth President

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Cup in

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, tied for second with

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in the fourth

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Open, tied for 3rd–8th with

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and

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in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in

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. He qualified for the

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and was knocked out by

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in the first round. In 2010 he tied for 3rd–6th with

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and

in the first

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Memorial in Manila and came first in the First Safin Memorial in Tashkent. In 2011, he tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran L. Petrosian and

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in the

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Memorial in

. Filippov played for Uzbekistan in the

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s of 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Filippov recorded his career best performance of 2820 at the 40th

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2012, where he won the individual silver medal on board two.

References

External links

Anton Filippov
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1986 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani chess players Chess players from Tashkent Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-chess-bio-stub