Sergei Alexandrovich Karjakin

Surname	Sergei Karjakin
Association	Ukraine (until 2009) Russia (since 2009)
Born	January 12, 1990 Simferopol , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
title	International Master (2002) Grand Master (2003)
Current  Elo rating	2752 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2788 (July 2011)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Sergey Karjakin ( Russian Сергей Александрович Карякин ., Scientific transliteration Sergei Aleksandrovich Karjakin , Ukrainian Сергій Карякін / Serhiy Karjakin, Sergey Karjakin (FIDE notation); * 12. January 1990 in Simferopol , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a chess - Grand Master , who played for Ukraine until 2009 and since then for Russia . He was the challenger to world champion Magnus Carlsen at the 2016 World Chess Championship .

Life

Karjakin learned to play chess at the age of five and became an international master at the age of eleven . He achieved his grandmaster title on August 12, 2002 at the age of twelve years, seven months and zero days and thus holds the record as the youngest chess grandmaster of all time.

Karjakin at the Rapid World Chess Championship 2015 in Berlin

Karjakin was well known in the chess scene from a young age and was invited to top-class tournaments such as the 2004 Dortmund Chess Days. He also took part in man-machine competitions (e.g. in Bilbao 2004) and in the A tournament in Wijk aan Zee ( Corus chess tournament ), which he won in 2009. He was the second of Ruslan Ponomarev while he was participating in the 2002 FIDE World Cup . Karjakin took part in all six chess world cup tournaments from 2005 to 2015 . In 2007 and 2009 he reached the semi-finals and in 2015 he won the tournament. Garry Kasparov named Karjakin one of the future favorites for the world championship throne several times.

At the Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018 (10th round)

Sergei Karjakin received Russian citizenship on July 25, 2009 and has played for Russia since October 2009 . In a later interview he explained this step by stating that he saw no development opportunities for himself in Ukraine and that as a resident of Crimea he had always felt like a Russian .

In July 2012 he won the first ever rapid world championship in Astana . Karjakin got 11.5 points from 15 games, relegating world number one Magnus Carlsen to second place. In May 2013 he was first with 6 points from 9 games in the Norway Chess tournament (Cat. XXI with an average rating of 2766). At the Candidates Tournament for the 2014 World Chess Championship , he finished second. In December 2014 he was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Master of Sports of Russia".

In October 2015 he won in Baku the Chess World Cup 2015 . Against Pjotr ​​Swidler he was already 0-2 back in the four-game final, but was able to equalize in the following two games and finally win 6-4 points after the tie-breaker games . With the finals he qualified at the same time for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2016 . He won the Candidates Tournament and played at the 2016 World Cup as a challenger against Magnus Carlsen for the world title, but lost against him in the tie-breaker. When Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship in 2018 , he reached the third place.

Karjakin was married to the International Women's Champion (WIM) Kateryna Dolschykowa from 2009 to 2012 . He has two sons with his second wife Galija Kamalowa (marriage in May 2014).

In March 2017, Vladimir Putin appointed him to the Russian Social Chamber .

Elo development

This graph shows Karjakin's Elo development since 2001:

Elo development

National team

Karjakin took part in all six Chess Olympiads from 2004 to 2014 , first three times with Ukraine, with which he became Olympic champion in 2004, then three times with Russia. At the Chess Olympiad 2010 he achieved the best individual result on the fourth board. At the World Team Championship took Karjakin in 2005 with Ukraine, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019 with Russia. He won the team championship in 2013 and 2019 and achieved the best individual result on the second reserve board in 2005. In European Team Championships Karjakin took in 2005 and 2007, the Ukraine, in 2011 Russia.

societies

Karjakin won the Russian team championship in 2007 and 2012 with Tomsk-400, in 2010 with SchSM-64 Moscow and in 2014 with Malachit Sverdlovsk Oblast. He was French team champion in 2005 and 2006 with NAO Paris , and he won the Asian club cup in 2008 with Al-Ain. In the Spanish team championship he played in 2005 and 2006 for the team of CA Linex-Magic Mérida, with which he became champions in 2006 , in 2008 for CA Mérida Patrimonio-Ajoblanco.

Karjakin took part in the European Club Cup eight times between 2002 and 2014 and achieved the best individual result on the fifth board in Saint-Vincent in 2005 . In the team competition he achieved second place in 2013 with malachite Sverdlovsk Oblast , 2005 with NAO Paris, 2007 with Tomsk-400, 2008 with PVK Kiev and 2014 with malachite third.

Game example

Sergei Karjakin – Fabiano Caruana

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 42nd Rd8 +

In the following game, Karjakin won the 2016 candidates' tournament in Moscow with the white pieces against Caruana.

Sergei Karjakin– Fabiano Caruana 1-0

Moscow, March 28, 2016

Sicilian Defense ( Richter-Rauser Variation ), B67

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0–0–0 Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Bh6 19. De1 a5 20. b3 Rg8 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bc4 Be3 23.Rf3 Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 a4 27.bxa4 Bxa4 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Rc4 Rd5 32.De2 ​​Qb6 33.Rh4 Re5 34.Qd3 Bg2 35.Rd4 d5 36.Qd2 Re4 37. Rxd5 exd5 38.Qxd5 Qc7 39.Qf5 Rf7 40.Bxf7 De5 41.Rd7 + Kf8 42.Rd8 + 1: 0

Greatest successes

• Winner of the 2016 Candidates Tournament
• World champion in blitz chess : 2016
• Rapid World Champion : 2012
• Winner of the 2015 World Chess Cup
• U12 world champion 2001
• U10 European Champion 1999
• U14 Vice European Champion 2001
• Tata Steel chess tournament winner : 2009
• Winner of the Tal Memorial : 2010
• Aeroflot Open winner : 2013
• Youngest chess grandmaster of all time at the age of twelve
• Vice world champion: 2016

Web links

Commons : Sergei Karjakin  - collection of images

• Sergei Alexandrowitsch Karjakin at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Sergej Karjakin: Russia's new chess king. At: rbth.com. (Russia Beyond the Headlines)
• Interview from February 22, 2013 (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chess computers sweep grandmasters off the board. On: Heise.de. October 10, 2004.
2. ↑ Transfers in 2009. On: FIDE.com. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
3. ↑ Гроссмейстер Карякин назвал причины замены украинского гражданства на российское. On: Lenta.ru. March 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Baku Finals TB: Karjakin Wins. chessbase.com, accessed October 5, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Karjakin: "The tie-break at the World Cup is illogical." In: de.chessbase.com. May 22, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
6. ↑ Sergey Karjakin married. ( Memento of August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). On: newsaboutchess.com. May 20, 2014 (English).
7. ↑ Карякин во второй раз стал отцом. On: sport-express.ru. July 31, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
8. ^ Karjakin takes up Putin offer for civil servant role. On: Chessdom.com. March 14, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
9. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
10. ↑ Sergei Karjakin's results at the Chess Olympiads. On: olimpbase.org. (English).
11. ↑ Sergei Karjakin's results at team world championships. On: olimpbase.org. (English).
12. ↑ Sergei Karjakin's results at European Team Championships. On: olimpbase.org. (English).
13. ↑ Sergei Karjakin's results at the Asian Club Cup. ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) On: olimpbase.org. (English).
14. ↑ Sergei Karjakin's results at Spanish team championships. On: olimpbase.org. (English).
15. ↑ Sergei Karjakin's results at the European Club Cup. On: olimpbase.org. (English).