Artyom Timofeev (; born January 6, 1985) is a Russian

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 2003. Timofeev was born in

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. He, Zahar Efimenko and

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tied for first place in the Under 14 section of the

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s in 1999; Timofeev finished second on tiebreak. The next year, he won the Under 18 division of the

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Biography

Timofeev tied for first with

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, Zoltan Gyimesi, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open of 2004, finishing third on tiebreak. In 2005 he won the Russian Junior Championship and tied for 2nd-5th with Kamil Mitoń, Zhang Pengxiang and

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at the Samba Cup in

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, Denmark. In the latter event he also won the brilliancy prize for his game against

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. Timofeev participated in the FIDE World Cup 2005, where he reached the second round and lost to

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. He won the Russian Cup in 2007 by beating Vadim Zvjaginsev 1½-½ in the final. The next year, he won the

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Open and the Russian Championship Higher League. Thanks to the latter victory, Timofeev qualified for the Superfinal of the

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, held in October 2008, where he scored 6/11, finishing seventh out of twelve participants. In 2009 Timofeev participated in the Elite group of the 44th Capablanca Memorial, a category 17 double

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, where he scored 4 points out of 10. In the FIDE World Cup 2009 he was eliminated in the second round by

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. In 2010, Timofeev won the bronze medal at the 11th

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held in

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. This result enabled him to qualify for the World Cup 2011. Here he was knocked out in the first round by Sergei Azarov. In 2014, he won the Tikhookeansky Meridian

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tournament in

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, edging out Vladimir Belous and Dmitry Bocharov on tiebreak. Timofeev played for the Russian national team at the 2005

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and at the China vs Russia matches of 2007, 2009 and 2010. Also in 2010, at the

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he was part of team Russia 2.39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open
''chess-results.com''.

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2008 Moscow Open
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