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| Full name | Emil Sutovsky | |
| Country |  Israel |
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| Born | September 19, 1977 Baku, Azerbaijan |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2630 (No. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Baku (Bakı sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakü, is the capital the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 93 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2697 (October 2004) | |
Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September 1977) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. He is one of the several top chess grandmasters who were born in Baku, Azerbaijan (e. Baku (Bakı sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakü, is the capital the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South g. , Garry Kasparov, Teimour Radjabov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Vladimir Akopian). Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Teimour Radjabov, also spelled Teymur Rajabov (Teymur Rəcəbov born March 12 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov (born April 12 1985 in Sumgayit, Azerbaijan) is a Chess Grandmaster.
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Successes
He achieved notable successes by winning the World Junior Chess Championship in Medellín in 1996, finishing first at the double-round-robin VAM Hoogeveen Tournament in 1997 (ahead of Judit Polgar, Loek van Wely, and Vassily Smyslov), and winning Hastings 2000 (ahead of Alexey Dreev, Ivan Sokolov and Jonathan Speelman). The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 Chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition organized Medellín, officially the Municipio de Medellín (Spanish or Municipality of Medellín (English pronunciation mɛdəˈjiːn or, Spanish: or) is the second Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian Chess grandmaster. Loek van Wely (born October 7 1972) is a Chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Васи́лий Васильевич Смысло́в (born March 24, 1921, in Moscow) is a Russian Chess The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual Chess congress which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year Alexey Dreev (born 1969) is a Chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak ELO rating was 2705 attained in October 2003 and again Ivan Sokolov (born 13 June 1968) is a Chess grandmaster born in Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia, who currently resides in the Jonathan Simon Speelman (born 2 October 1956) is an English Chess player a Grandmaster, a mathematician and a chess writer
In 2001 he recorded perhaps the greatest individual result by an Israeli player: seeded only 35th among the 204 participants (143 GMs!) in the 2nd European Chess Championship in Ohrid, Macedonia, he started with an ordinary 3. The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organized by the European Chess Union. Ohrid (Охрид) is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia (Република 5/6. He then started a series of resounding victories (e. g. [1]), and finished the tournament with 9. 5/13, along with future FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov, and ahead of Judit Polgar, Nigel Short, and many other world-class players [2]. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Ruslan Ponomariov (Руслан Пономарьов Русла́н Пономарёв (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian Chess player Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian Chess grandmaster. Nigel David Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is often regarded as the strongest British Chess He went on to beat Ponomariov 1. 5-0. 5 in a rapid chess tie-break, and was crowned European Champion. Fast chess, also known as blitz chess, lightning chess, bullet chess and rapid chess, is a type of Chess game in which each side is
In 2007, he placed second at the 8th European Chess Championship, held in Dresden, following a play-off with the eventual winner GM Vladislav Tkachiev and GMs Dmitry Jakovenko and Ivan Cheparinov. The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organized by the European Chess Union. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German Vladislav Tkachiev (Ткачёв Владислав born Moscow November 9, 1973) is a French-Russian-Kazakhstani Chess player Dmitry Jakovenko (born 1983 is a Russian Chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE Elo rating list Jakovenko has a rating of 2735
He finished tied for first in two major open tournaments in 2005: in Gibraltar he scored 7. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar 5/10 (the same score as Levon Aronian, Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, and Alexei Shirov), and at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow he scored 6. Levon Aronian (Լևոն Արոնյան born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian Chess player Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev (Кирил Димитров Георгиев (born November 28, 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian Chess Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov ( Aleksejs Širovs, Алексей Дмитриевич Широв) (born July 4, 1972 in Riga, The Aeroflot Open is an annual open Chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of 5/9 (the same as Vasily Ivanchuk, Alexander Motylev, Andrei Kharlov, and Vladimir Akopian). Vassily Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyl (Василь Михайлович Іванчук, Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk) (born March 18 1969 Alexander Motylev (born June 17, 1979 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of His superior tie-break in the latter gave him first place and with it an invitation to the prestigious Dortmund tournament later in the year, in which he beat classical world champion Vladimir Kramnik [3], scoring 3. Dortmund (ˈdɔʁtmʊnt is a City in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian Chess grandmaster 5/9.
Sutovsky played in three FIDE Knock-out World Championships: in 1997 he was eliminated in the first round by Guildardo Garcia; in 2000 he was eliminated in the first round by Igor Nataf; in 2001 he was eliminated in round three by eventual runner-up Vasily Ivanchuk. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Vassily Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyl (Василь Михайлович Іванчук, Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk) (born March 18 1969
He did not participate in the controversial 2004 championship because of concerns about how its hosts, Libya, would treat Israeli players. The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
He took part in FIDE World Cup 2005,successfully passed first two rounds, but was eliminated in round three by Etienne Bacrot in rapid tie-break. Étienne Bacrot (born January 22, 1983 in Picardie, France) is a French Chess grandmaster.
Playing style
His uncompromising style means his tournament results can be somewhat inconsistent: shortly before his successes in Gibraltar and Moscow, he had performed disappointingly in 2004 at round-robin events at Pamplona (3/7), Pune (3. For other meanings see Pamplona (disambiguation. Pamplona ( Basque: Iruñea or Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre Pune (ˈpuːneɪ Marathi: पुणे Hindi: पूना formerly Poona, is the second largest city in the state of Maharashtra 5/9) and Ashdod (1. Ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד اشدود إسدود Isdud) located in the South District of Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea coast 5/5). Sutovsky,who won a total of nearly 40 International Grandmaster Tournaments ( more than most of the Top Ten players!) is arguably the most volatile player among Top Grandmasters.
Sutovsky's uncompromising style has also resulted in a number of highly spectacular games: his sacrificial victory over Ilya Smirin in the 2002 Israeli Championship was voted the best game of issue 86 of Chess Informant [4], and his victory over Danny Gormally at Gibraltar 2005 earned him the prize for best game [5]. Ilya (or Ilia) Yulievich Smirin (איליה יוליביץ' סמירין Илья Юльевич Смирин born January 21, 1968, in Chess Informant ( Šahovski Informator) is a publishing company that periodically produces a book of the same name as well as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Danny Gormally (born May 4, 1976) is an International Grandmaster of Chess. This game was highly appraised by FIDE World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, who picked this game as the best chess game he had ever seen. Viswanathan Anand (ʋiɕˈʋəˌnɑˌt̪ʰən ɑnˌənd̪ விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த் (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian [1] Sutovsky is considered to be one of the most creative chessplayers, since 2006 he has his own column - "Jeu créateur" ("Creative chess") in major French chess magazine Europe Échecs
Sutovsky virtually always plays 1. e4 with White, occasionally testing unfashionable or old-fashioned openings such as the Two Knights Defence, the King's Gambit, and the Scotch Game. The Two Knights Defense is a Chess opening that begins 1 e4 e5 2 The King's Gambit is a Chess opening that begins 1 e4 e5 2 f4 White offers a pawn to divert the Black e-pawn The Scotch Game is a Chess opening that begins with the moves 1 With black, he usually plays the Grünfeld Defence or King's Indian Defence against 1. The Grünfeld Defence ( ECO codes D70-D99 is a Chess opening characterised by the moves 1 The King's Indian Defence is a common Chess opening. It arises after the moves 1 d4, and Sicilian Defence or Ruy Lopez against 1. The Sicilian Defence is a Chess opening that begins with the moves 1 The Ruy Lopez, called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game outside English speaking countries, is a Chess opening characterised by the moves e4.
His romantic chess style might be linked to his hobby- Sutovsky is a profound bass-baritone singer #REDIRECT [6] Sutovsky is an avid Trivia player, he is a founder and captain of chess team, which participates in What? Where? When? tournaments. A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass that shares certain qualities with the Baritone Voice type. What? Where? When? ( Russian "Что? Где? Когда?" is an intellectual Game show which is well known in Russian-language media
On the July 2007 FIDE list, Sutovsky had an Elo rating of 2656 (his peak was 2697), making him Israel's number 2 (behind Boris Gelfand) , and number 53 in the world. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Boris Abramovich Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a Chess grandmaster.
References
- ^ "Just Checking" Questionnaire in: New In Chess Magazine, Issue 3/2005, p. 106
External links
- FIDE rating card for Emil Sutovsky
- Emil Sutovsky at ChessGames.com
- Emil Sutovsky download 452 of his games in pgn format. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the ChessGamescom is a large Chess community on the Internet with over 100000 members
- Supreme Chess bio