Andrei Wassiljewitsch Charlow

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Andrei Wassiljewitsch Charlow ( Russian Андрей Васильевич Харлов ; born November 20, 1968 in Prokopyevsk ; † June 15, 2014 in Kazan ) was a Russian chess player and coach. At the world chess federation FIDE he was led under the spelling Andrei Kharlov .

Life

Andrei Charlow was married to the Russian women's chess grandmaster (WGM) Jelena Sajaz .

training

He was trained by Konstantin Assejew (1960-2004) and Evgeny Svezhnikov . After moving to Kazan , Charlow trained for example Alissa Galljamowa and Artyom Timofejew . At the classic world championships in London in 2000 , he seconded Garry Kasparov .

Chess successes

In 1991 he received the title of International Master , in 1992 he received the title of Grand Master . In 1991 he took part in the U26 World Cup in Maringá with the Soviet national team. The Soviet Union won this tournament and Charlow got 100% on the fourth board (6 out of 6). In 1992/93 he won the Rilton Cup in Stockholm , shared with Jonny Hector . In 1995 he was split first in Novosibirsk . In 2000 he finished fourth at the European Championships in Saint-Vincent . In 2004 he reached the quarter-finals of the FIDE World Chess Championship , where he lost to Wesselin Topalov after he had eliminated Rustem Dautov , Ivan Sokolov , Rafael Leitão and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu . In 2000 he was eliminated at the World Cup qualifying tournament in New Delhi against Topalow; then in the second round. In 2005 he finished second behind Emil Sutovsky with equal points at the Aeroflot Open . In 2007 he won the open Tatar individual championship in Kazan.

In the Russian team championship he played in 1994 for Kuzbass-OSDYuShOR Kemerovo , from 1995 to 1999, from 2001 to 2007 and 2014 for the Tatar club Ladja Kazan-1000 (formerly also under the names Tattransgas-Itil-1 Kazan and Sberbank-Tatarstan Kazan ) which he became Russian team champion in 1998, 2002 and 2003, and in 2008 for Tomsk 400 . At the European Club Cup he reached the final in 1992 with Poliot Tscheljabinsk , between 1996 and 2008 he took part eight times with Kazan ; he won the competition in 1996, came second in 2006, and third in 1997 and 2004. In 2006 he also achieved the third-best result on the fifth board. In 2000 he won the Lithuanian team championship with Baltijos Lyga . Andrei Charlow was Vice-President of the Tatarstan Chess Federation .

His highest rating was 2656 in July 2001. At that time he was number 31 in the FIDE world rankings.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at Ruchess.ru , June 15, 2014 (Russian)
  2. ↑ The Open Tatar Championship 2007 on fide.com (English)
  3. ↑ Andrei Charlow's results at Russian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Andrei Charlow's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ portrait Charlows of Marijus Kulvietis (English)
  6. ↑ FIDE Archive: Top 100 Players July 2001 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Charlow, Andrei Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Харлов, Андрей Васильевич (Russian); Charłow, Andriej (Polish); Kharlov, Andrei (FIDE)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian chess player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 20th November 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Prokopyevsk
DATE OF DEATH 15th June 2014
Place of death Kazan