Sanan Sjugirov

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Sanan Sjugirov
Sjugirov in 2019
CountryRussia (until 2023)
Hungary (since 2023)[1]
Born (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)
Elista, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2689 (April 2024)
Peak rating2712 (November 2022)
RankingNo. 44 (April 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 28 (May 2023)

Sanan Sjugirov (

FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015
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Chess career

Sjugirov won the World Youth Chess Championships in 2003, in the U-10 section, and 2007, in the U-14. In the European Youth Chess Championships, he won in the U-12 division in 2004[2] and 2005, and in the U-14 in 2007.[3] In 2008, Sjugirov won the Russian U-20 Championship[4] and the First Saturday GM tournament of May in Budapest.[5]

In 2009 he qualified, through the Higher League, to the Superfinal of the Russian Chess Championship, where he was the youngest participant.[6] He scored 3 points from 9 games.[7] Sjugirov played for team "Russia 4" on the first board at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, where he defeated Magnus Carlsen among others.[8] Sjugirov tied for first with Dmitry Andreikin in the World Junior Chess Championship of 2010, placing second on tiebreak.[9]

Sjugirov won the silver medal at the 2011 European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw.[10] In 2012 he won the Casino de Barcelona round-robin tournament in Barcelona with a score of 7/9 points.[11]

In 2013, Sjugirov won the 29th

Alexey Goganov and the World University Chess Championship in Katowice.[13] In the same year Sjugirov finished fourth in the strong Qatar Masters Open, behind Yu Yangyi, Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik respectively.[14]

In August 2015, he won the

Vassily Ivanchuk, finishing fifth on tiebreak.[17]

In March 2016, Sjugirov tied for 3rd–10th in the Aeroflot Open, placing fourth on tiebreak.[18] The following year, he tied 1st–2nd with Daniil Dubov in the Russian Higher League in Sochi, taking second place on tiebreak.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Transfers in 2023". FIDE.
  2. ^ European Boys Under 12 Chess Championship. chess-results.com
  3. ^ 17th European Youth Championship 2007 - Boys U14. chess-results.com
  4. ^ Crowther, Mark (24 March 2008). "TWIC 698: Russian u20 Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ "FIDE Archive. Tournament report July 2008: First Saturday GM May 2008". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Russian Championship Superfinal starts in Moscow". ChessBase. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Russian Superfinal: Grischuk and Galliomova win". ChessBase. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. ^ 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open - Russia 4 Chess-Results
  9. ^ "World Junior: Andreikin, Muzychuk win Gold". ChessBase. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  10. ^ "GM Baadur Jobava is 2011 European Rapid Champion". Chessdom. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Sanan Sjugirov shines in Barcelona". Chessdom. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Sanan Sjugirov wins Cappelle La Grande Open". FIDE. 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Sjugirov and Kulon are 2014 World University Champions". Chessdom. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  14. ^ Akshat Chandra (4 December 2014). "Yu Yangyi wins Qatar Masters Open 2014". ChessBase. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Prize winners at the Abu Dhabi Masters 2015". ChessBase. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Daria Pustovoitova and Sanan Sjugirov win European Universities Chess Championships". Chessdom. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Magnus Carlsen wins Qatar Masters Chess Open 2015". Chessdom. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  18. ^ McGourty, Colin. "Najer wins Aeroflot ticket to Dortmund". chess24. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  19. ^ "The Week in Chess 1184". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

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