Igor Sakharovich Sinelnikov

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Igor Sinelnikov at the Moscow Shogi Open 2013

Igor Sakharovich Sinelnikow ( Russian Игорь Захарович Синельников ; born March 11, 1942 in Tbilisi ; † May 1, 2020 in Moscow ) was one of the first and strongest shogi players in Russia and since 2010 president of the Russian shogi association .

It had its highest international ranking on January 1, 2014 with fourth place in the Russian and 47th place in the European FESA list.

Life

In 1960 he graduated from Astrakhan Fish College with a degree in industrial fisheries. He learned Shogi in 1973 on a Japanese fishing vessel. In the 1974/75 season he worked as a translator on a Japanese whaler and played there regularly with the captain Shogi and chess.

In the 1980s he regularly played shogi with a group of like-minded Russian people from Kamchatka .

During a stay in Moscow in 2003 he found out about the existence of Russian shogi clubs and since then has been actively participating in Russian tournaments and advertising campaigns relating to shogi in Russia.

Career in Shogi

Shogi met Sinelikov in the 1970s and played it with passion, but, as was common in Europe at the time, rarely because there were few opportunities. The situation improved slightly in the 1980s as there were like-minded people in Kamchatka whom he joined.

In 2010 he was elected President of the Russian Shogi Association.

  • 2004: 8th Kyū FESA
  • 2005: 4th Kyu
  • 2008: 3rd Kyu
  • 2009: 2nd Kyu
  • 2012: 1st Kyu
  • 2015: 1st Dan

Tournament successes

  • 2005: Winner of qualification of Russian Shogi Championship
  • 2007: 3rd place at the Moscow Shogi Open
  • 2008: 2nd place at the Moscow Shogi Championship
  • 2008: Winner of the Russian Stage of the International Shogi Forum (St. Petersburg)
  • 2009: 1st place at the Moscow Shogi Open Championship
  • 2010, 2011: 2nd place each at the Moscow Shogi Open
  • 2010, 2012: 3rd place in the trophy of the Japanese Ambassador to Russia for Shogi
  • 2011, 2012: 3rd place each in the Russian Cup in Shogi
  • 2011: 2nd place in the trophy of the Japanese Consul General in Russia for Shogi in St. Petersburg
  • 2011: Champion of the Shogi Cup of Ukraine
  • 2012: 2nd place in the Russian Shogi Championship.
  • 2012: 1/4 final in the Shogi European Championship
  • 2013: 3rd place in the Russian Shogi championship.
  • 2014: 3rd place in the Moscow Shogi Cup
  • 2015: 2nd place at the Moscow Shogi Open
  • 2016: Master of the Moscow Shogi Cup
  • 2017: 3rd place in the qualification of the International Shogi Forum

chess

Sinelnikov played western chess from the age of six . From 1990 to 1995 he lived in Japan and regularly played chess with Japanese chess players. In 1994, he joined the Japanese Olympic chess team (after winning the qualifying tournament) but, for ideological reasons, refused to participate in the Japanese Chess Olympiads.

He also took part in tournaments in western chess again and again; for example, at the Moscow Open in February 2020, he was second in the senior class behind Sergei Juferow . His last Elo rating in May 2020 was 2055, his highest rating was 2227 in July 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ^ List of Shogi regional associations
  3. ↑ FESA list from January 2014
  4. ↑ FESA profile
  5. ↑ Report on Moscow Open 2020
personal data
SURNAME Sinelnikov, Igor Sakharovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Синельников, Игорь Захарович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian Shogi player and President of the Russian Shogi Association
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH 1st May 2020
Place of death Moscow , Russia