Sergei Rublevsky
Sergei Rublevsky | |
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Full name | Сергей Владимирович Рублевский |
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Born | Kurgan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | October 15, 1974
Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
FIDE rating | 2637 (April 2024) |
Peak rating | 2706 (November 2013) |
Peak ranking | No. 12 (July 1998) |
Sergei Rublevsky (born 15 October 1974) is a Russian
He finished in the top 10 in the 2005 FIDE World Cup, which qualified him for the
Style
GM Nigel Short said of Rublevsky, "Rublevsky is not a sexy player. There are younger and more gifted individuals around and he knows it. Yet he has canniness, which the greenhorns don't. He does not engage the teenagers on the sharp end of opening theory, testing his ailing memory against the freshness of their computer-assisted analysis. Instead he heads a little off the beaten track - not exactly to the jungle, but to lesser-travelled byways where his experience counts."[3]
GM Alexander Morozevich has said, "... my opening repertoire is not any ‘weirder’ than, say, that of Rublevsky."[4]
With White, Rublevsky plays 1.e4 the overwhelming percentage of the time.[5]
Against 1...e5, Rublevsky plays the
With Black, he meets 1.e4 with Kan/Paulsen/Taimanov Sicilians; against 1.d4 he generally plays the Queen's Gambit Accepted and the occasional Slav.[citation needed]
Notable games
- Sergei Rublevsky vs Garry Kasparov, 20th European Club Cup 2004, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30), 1-0
- Sergei Rublevsky vs Alexey Dreev, Russian Championship Superfinal 2005, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30), 1-0
- Sergei Rublevsky vs Pentala Harikrishna, Aerosvit GM Tournament 2006, Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51), 1-0
- Sergei Rublevsky vs Ruslan Ponomariov, Candidates Match: Ponomariov-Rublevsky 2007, Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (B16), 1/2-1/2
References
- ^ Men's Chess Olympiads: Sergei Rublevsky, www.olimpbase.org (archived)
- ^ "Rublevsky wins 58th Russian Championship". ChessBase.com. 2005-12-30. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Short, Nigel (2006-06-29). "Nigel Short The king and I". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "GM Alexander Morozevich Interviews". GM Square. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "The chess games of Sergei Rublevsky". ChessGames.com. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
External links
- Sergei Rublevsky rating card at FIDE
- Sergei Rublevsky player profile at Chess.com
- Sergei Rublevsky player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Chessbase article on Russian Championship