IGOR LYSYJ (born Jan-01-1987, 38 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Grandmaster. Russian Champion 2014. Played in the U16 olympiad 2003 (1st reserve, +5 =2 -1). Placed 8th in World U16 Ch 2003, 6th in Russian U20 Ch March 2006, 2nd in Zudov Memorial June 2006 (1st GM norm), 8th in Izmailov Memorial 2006 (2nd GM norm), 9th in Aratovsky Memorial 2006 (3rd GM norm), 4th in Russian U20 Ch 2007, 1st in Euro Chess Young Masters (Netherlands) Aug. 2007, 26th (best junior) in Ordix Open Aug. 2007, 2nd in Sverdlovsk region Ch 2007, 27th in Moscow Open 2008, 2nd in World University Ch (Siberia) 2008, 6th (shared) in Zvenigorod Open 2008, 9th (shared) in Russian Cup 2008, 17th in Moscow Open 2009, 48th in European Individual Ch 2009, 2nd in Voronezh Master Open (Russia) June 2009, 6th in Lake Sevan GM (Armenia) July 2009, 10th in Biel Master Open 2009, 14th in Chigorin Memorial 2009, 1st in the 2012 Moscow Open. Played in the World Cup (2011), beating countryman GM Mikhail Kobalia and US GM Alexander Ivanov in rounds one and two before losing to Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez Perez in the Armadeddon tiebreaker after the standard games, and the two sets of rapid game tiebreakers were drawn. His leader board finish (7.5/11) in the European Individual Championships (2013) qualified him for the World Cup (2013) where he met the French GM Andrei Istratescu in the first round, defeating him by 1.5-0.5 to qualify for the 2nd round where he was eliminated when he lost to world #2 Levon Aronian after the first pair of rapid game (25+10) tiebreakers. He won the Russian Superfinals (2014). Lysyj scored 8/11 to place equal second in the European Individual Championships (2014) and qualify for the World Cup (2015) where he defeated Constantin Lupulescu in the first round but lost to Yu Yangyi in the second set of rapid tiebreakers (10+10) (losing on time in his final game), to bow out of the tournament. Wikipedia article: Igor Lysyj

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page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 802  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Tsyvarev vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 33 2001 RUS-ch U18 C18 French, Winawer 2. E Atalik vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 21 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open C18 French, Winawer 3. I Lysyj vs Dvoirys   0-1 49 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open A48 King's Indian 4. A Dushenok vs I Lysyj   0-1 49 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O 5. A Poluljahov vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 41 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 6. I Lysyj vs V Dobrov   ½-½ 84 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. E Kovalevskaya vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 21 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open C03 French, Tarrasch 8. I Lysyj vs S Grigoriants   ½-½ 109 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open E12 Queen's Indian 9. Y Malinin vs I Lysyj   1-0 20 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open A04 Reti Opening 10. I Lysyj vs P Shkapenko   1-0 70 2001 Chigorin Memorial Open E00 Queen's Pawn Game 11. A Zatonskih vs I Lysyj   1-0 49 2002 Petrov mem op C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 12. Khismatullin vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 55 2002 RUS-ch U20 A30 English, Symmetrical 13. I Lysyj vs A Pashikian   1-0 22 2002 Int Youth Games U16 D80 Grunfeld 14. Yurtaev vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 41 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup C18 French, Winawer 15. I Lysyj vs A Fominyh   0-1 67 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. R Ovetchkin vs I Lysyj   0-1 49 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup A04 Reti Opening 17. I Lysyj vs V Kuporosov   1-0 37 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup E10 Queen's Pawn Game 18. I Lysyj vs G Tunik   1-0 59 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup A14 English 19. A Kornev vs I Lysyj   1-0 29 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup A40 Queen's Pawn Game 20. I Lysyj vs S Iskusnyh   ½-½ 44 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. S Azarov vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 27 2002 4th Stage Russian Cup C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 22. Y Kruppa vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 58 2002 Chigorin mem-A 10th A10 English 23. I Lysyj vs S Ovsejevitsch   0-1 29 2002 Chigorin mem-A 10th A09 Reti Opening 24. I Lysyj vs A Kornev   ½-½ 22 2003 RUS-ch sf A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 25. I Lysyj vs Tseshkovsky   1-0 39 2003 RUS-chT A57 Benko Gambit  page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 802

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Feb-14-08    BIDMONFA: Igor Lysyj LYSYJ, Igor http://www.bidmonfa.com/lysyj_igor.... _ Dec-30-09    Tabanus: GM Igor Lysyj, Russia, born 1 January (?) 1987. Now rated 2609, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 2005. GM in 2007. Rated 2620 in Jan. 2009. French player. Played in the U16 olympiad 2003 (1st reserve, +5 =2 -1). Placed 8th in World U16 Ch 2003, 6th in Russian U20 Ch March 2006, 2nd in Zudov Memorial June 2006 (1st GM norm), 8th in Izmailov Memorial 2006 (2nd GM norm), 9th in Aratovsky Memorial 2006 (3rd GM norm), 4th in Russian U20 Ch 2007, 1st in Euro Chess Young Masters (Netherlands) Aug. 2007, 26th (best junior) in Ordix Open Aug. 2007, 2nd in Sverdlovsk region Ch 2007, 27th in Moscow Open 2008, 2nd in World University Ch (Siberia) 2008, 6th (shared) in Zvenigorod Open 2008, 9th (shared) in Russian Cup 2008, 17th in Moscow Open 2009, 48th in European Individual Ch 2009, 2nd in Voronezh Master Open (Russia) June 2009, 6th in Lake Sevan GM (Armenia) July 2009, 10th in Biel Master Open 2009, 14th in Chigorin Memorial 2009. Biographies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_L... http://www.onjk.nl/2007/interviews.... (interview 2007) Pictures: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... http://www.schachclubuitikon.ch/ima... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... Feb-05-12    plimko: Congratulations to Igor Lysyj on winning Moscow Open 2012, performance 2847! Official site http://open.moschess.ru/eng/ On 'Scacchi Internazionali' http://biker60.wordpress.com/2012/0... Feb-06-12    Ezzy: Picture Igor Lysyj from the Moscow open 2012 http://chess-news.ru/en/sites/defau... Feb-15-12    Penguincw: Congratz for winning Moscow Open 2012! Feb-15-12    wordfunph: GM Igor Lysyj --- Moscow Open 2012 Champion! congratulations.. btw, how do you pronounce Lysyj? Apr-03-14    Domdaniel: <btw, how do you pronounce Lysyj?> "Lee-see" is close enough... Dec-02-14    Penguincw: Congrats to Lysyj for beating Karjakin with black (Karjakin vs I Lysyj, 2014) today. He now leads the Russian Superfinals (2014) by half a point, and his live rating is also at 2700. Dec-07-14    Penguincw: Congrats to Igor Lysyj for winning the Russian Superfinals (2014). He finished with 5.5/9 (+4,-2,=3), half a point ahead of Jakovenko. Lysyj also gained 13.7 points this tournament to rise to 2699.7, which will be rounded to 2700 (assuming he doesn't compete again this month). Aug-16-16    cro777: Another chess wedding. GM Igor Lysyj and WFM Ludmila Figura just married: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp_K5x6... Aug-17-16    offramp: <cro777: Another chess wedding. GM Igor Lysyj and WFM Ludmila Figura just married: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp_K5x6... That's called Lysyj szyzygy. Jan-01-19    siggemannen: Interesting pairing. Lysyj means "bald" i Russian, while Figura can mean a (chess)-figure Bless them anyway! Oct-07-22    trabant3: In summer 2022 he married a GM Olga Girya. Oct-07-22    ndg2: For the longest time I thought"syzygy" was a made up name (probably invented by a Pole) but no, it denotes an astronomical constellation of two or more celestial bodies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzyg...

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