Valery Alexandrovich Chekhov
Valery Alexandrovich Chekhov ( Russian Валерий Александрович Чехов ; born November 27, 1955 in Moscow ) is a Russian grandmaster in chess .
Life
Chekhov's greatest tournament successes include winning the Junior World Championship in Tjentište in 1975 , in the same year he became International Champion of the World Chess Federation FIDE and has held the title of Grand Master since 1984.
Valery Chekhov was a student of the well-known chess trainer Mark Dworezki and in 1994 published a book on the opening theory of the Sicilian Defense ( Sicilian Sveshnikov variant - played correctly . Beyer, Hollfeld 1994, ISBN 3-89168-044-9 ).
Chekhov's Elo rating is 2457 (as of June 2015), but he has not played an Elo-rated game since the 5th Estrin Memorial in Moscow in March 2005 and is therefore listed as inactive. His highest rating was 2550 in January 1992.
societies
In the Soviet club championship, Chekhov played for Lokomotiv in 1980 and 1982 , and in 1984 for the army sports club CSKA Moscow , with which he also won the European Club Cup in 1988. In Germany, Chekhov was active for SV Empor Berlin for years, in GDR times for Empor HO Berlin , the GDR team champion from 1990, and after the reunification for SV Empor Berlin eV. In the German 1st Bundesliga he played from 1991 to 1993 and had some missions in the 1996/97 season , he also played from 1993 to 1998 with the second team of Empor Berlin in the Oberliga and 2nd Bundesliga . In the Polish team championship , Chekhov played for KS Piast Słupsk in 1990 and for KS Górnik Zabrze from 1991 to 1993 .
Web links
- Valery Alexandrowitsch Chekhov at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- Replayable chess games by Valery Alexandrowitsch Chekhov on chessgames.com (English)
- Brief portrait at Empor Berlin ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Valery Chekhov's results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Walery Chekhov's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Valery Chekhov's results at Polish team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chekhov, Valery Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Чехов, Валерий Александрович (Russian); Chekhov, Valery A (FIDE) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian grandmaster in chess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |