Gennadi Sosonko
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Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |
| Title | Grandmaster (1976) |
| FIDE rating | 2520 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2595 (January 1981) |
Gennadi "Genna" Sosonko (Russian: Геннадий Борисович Сосонко, Gennady Borisovich Sosonko; born 18 May 1943) is a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. He has been awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE and is a twice Dutch champion.
Career
Born in
He legally emigrated from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972. This move has been instrumental in enabling him to focus on playing chess professionally and improving his chess results dramatically. He quickly earned IM and then the GM title.
Sosonko won the Dutch Championship in 1973 and 1978 (jointly). His tournament record includes 1st at
Sosonko played for the Dutch team at the Chess Olympiad eleven times, in 1974–84, and 1988–96. He won two individual medals: gold at Haifa 1976, bronze at Nice 1974, and two team medals: silver at Haifa 1976, and bronze at Thessaloniki 1988.
Books
Sosonko has authored six non-technical chess books centering heavily on his chess life in the Soviet Union and his relationships with and memories of both leading Soviet players and lesser-known characters in chess history.
- Sosonko, Genna (2001). Russian Silhouettes. ISBN 90-5691-078-7.
- Sosonko, Genna (2003). The Reliable Past. New in Chess. ISBN 90-5691-114-7.
- Sosonko, Genna (2006). Smart Chip from St. Petersburg: And Other Tales of a Bygone Chess Era. New in Chess. ISBN 90-5691-169-4.
- Sosonko, Genna (2013). The World Champions I Knew. New in Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-418-9.
- Sosonko, Genna (2017). The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein. Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 978-59-5004-331-4.
- Sosonko, Genna (2018). Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi. Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 978-59-5004-338-3.
References
- ^ Arbiters / Trainers Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Kirillov, Valentin (2017). Team Tal: An Inside Story. Moscow: Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 978-5-950-04330-7.
External links
- Gennadi Sosonko chess games at 365Chess.com
- Gennadi Sosonko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Gennadi Sosonko Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
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