Anatoly Donchenko
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| Anatoly Donchenko during his naturalization ceremony in Giessen town hall, February 6, 2015 |
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 Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia (1992 to 2002) Germany (since 2002)
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| Born | September 1, 1940 |
| title | International champion (1993) |
| Current Elo rating | 2233 (December 2019) |
| Best Elo rating | 2463 (January 2003) |
| Tab at the FIDE (English) | |
Anatoly Donchenko ( Russian Анатолий Георгиевич Донченко / Anatoli Georgijewitsch Donchenko ; born September 1, 1940 ) is a German chess player with roots in the Soviet Union .
Life
In the finals of the All-Union Burewestnik tournament in Sevastopol in 1964 , Donchenko defeated players like Vladimir Liberson and Vasily Bywschew as championship contenders . In 1969 he got 10.5 points from 17 games at the championship of the Soviet armed forces in Riga and was awarded the title of Master of Sports of the USSR for this result . In 1972 and 1974 he won the Moscow Oblast Championship . At the 1972 Raud memorial tournament in Viljandi , he came third ahead of Leonid Shamkowitsch and Alexei Suetin . At the end of 1973 Donchenko shared tenth place at the international tournament in Dubna , missing an IM norm by half a point. In 1976 he was first at the tournament of the armed forces on the occasion of the XXV. Party congress of the CPSU in Moscow . The next year he shared fourth place in the championship of the Russian SFSR in Volgograd .
Donchenko finished fourth in the 1985 Keres Chess House Tournament in Pärnu . In 1986 he shared first place with Alexander Baburin and two other players at the Belavenez Memorial in Smolensk . He has played team chess since the 1980s for the chess club of a Moscow ball bearing factory, including the Soviet VCSPS championship, the Soviet and Russian championships. After the opening of the borders, he took part in several international tournaments. In 1993 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master .
In 2002 he moved to Germany with his wife Irinia - also a hobby chess player with the highest Elo rating of 2058 - and switched from the Russian Chess Federation to the German Chess Federation . He plays club chess in Germany for SK 1858 Gießen. As a senior he achieved successes at national level, such as winning the Seniors Germany Cup 2007 (overall ranking) and the German Seniors Championship of the regional associations in 2010 in Eckernförde with Hessen 1 . At the German Senior Championship in 2013 he finished 5th. Donchenko was also able to prove himself internationally: in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 he placed in the top 5 at the Senior World Championships .
Donchenko is a former Praporschtschik in the Soviet Army. As a military athlete, he represented the group of the Soviet armed forces in Germany in the 1960s , after which he worked as an employee at the Zhukovsky Academy and played for the Moscow district of the air defense. Before he immigrated to Germany, he ran a chess club in Moscow. His son Alexander Donchenko (* 1998) has also been a chess player and grandmaster since 2015.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Anatoly Donchenko on 365Chess.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anatoly Donchenko's Elo history on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 105.
- ↑ FIDE master Ryhor Isserman is German senior champion 2013 at the German Chess Federation
- ↑ Senjorskije miniatjury. In: Krasnaya Zvezda of November 23, 2002 (accessed July 1, 2013)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Donchenko, Anatoly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Донченко, Анатолий Георгиевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1940 |