Boris Savchenko (russian: Борис Савченко; born 10 July 1986) is a Russian
chess player. He was awarded the title of
Grandmaster by
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
in 2007.
Chess career
Savchenko competed in the
FIDE World Cup 2007 as one of the five FIDE president nominees and was eliminated in the first round by compatriot
Alexander Motylev
Alexander Anatolyevich Motylev (russian: Александр Анатольевич Мотылёв; born 17 June 1979) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was Russian champion in 2001 and European champion in 2014. Motylev is also Sergey Karjakin ...
. In 2008, he won the
championship of Moscow and tied for 1st–6th with
Sergei Tiviakov,
Vladimir Malakhov,
Yuriy Kuzubov,
Peter Heine Nielsen and
Jonny Hector in the
Politiken Cup The Xtracon Chess Open (formerly the Politiken Cup) is an international chess tournament and the main feature event of the annual Copenhagen Chess Festival.
History
Organized by the Copenhagen Chess Federation (KSU), it was originally set up to giv ...
, held in
Helsingør, Denmark.
In 2009, Savchenko won the
Baku
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Open edging out
Gata Kamsky on tiebreak, after both players finished on 7½/9 points, and competed in the
FIDE World Cup, where he was knocked out by
Wang Yue Wang Yue may refer to:
*Wang Yue (chess player) (born 1987)
* Wang Yue (biathlete) (born 1991), able-bodied biathlete
* Wang Yue (judoka) (born 1997)
* Wang Yue (skier) (born 1999), Paralympic skier and biathlete
*Death of Wang Yue
Wang Yue () ...
in the second round. Savchenko came first in the 34th
Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup in
Kazan in 2012. The following year he won the Moscow Open. In 2014 he finished first in the
Nakhchivan Open on tiebreak over
Eltaj Safarli,
Aleksandr Shimanov and
Rauf Mamedov
Rauf Mamedov ( az, Rauf Məmmədov; born 26 April 1988) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster and a three-time national champion. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015.
Career
Born in Baku, Mamedov started playing chess a ...
. Savchenko took clear first place in the
PSC/
Puregold International Chess Challenge in
Olongapo, Philippines in 2015 with a score of 9½/10, two and half points ahead of the closest followers.
He tied for first with Rauf Mamedov at the 2015 European
Blitz Championship in
Minsk scoring 18/22 points, but took the silver medal on tiebreak. In 2016 Savchenko won for the second time the Moscow championship. He also won the Moscow Open again in 2019.
Personal life
Born in
Leningrad, he moved with his family to
Krasnodar at eight years old. Savchenko later moved to
Moscow to study at the
Russian State University for the Humanities.
Notable games
Boris Savchenko vs Vladimir Belov, Russian Club Cup (2006), Sicilian Defense, 1-0Boris Savchenko vs Kiril D Georgiev, Aeroflot Open (2006), Scotch Game, 1-0
References
External links
Boris Savchenko
chess games at 365Chess.com
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1986 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
People from Krasnodar
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg