ERNESTO INARKIEV (born Dec-09-1985, 39 years old) Kyrgyzstan (federation/nationality Russia) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] International Master (2000); Grandmaster (2002); European U16 Champion (2001); Russian Junior Champion (2002); Champion of Kalmykia (2004); European Champion (2016) Preamble Ernesto Inarkiev was born in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Named for Ernesto Ché Guevara, Inarkiev moved to Kalmykia in the Russian Federation in 2000, the same year he earned the IM title. Championships <Youth> He won the U-16 European Youth Championship in 2001. <Junior (U20)> In 2002, he captured the Russian U-20 championship and became Kalmykia's first Grandmaster. He won the Championship of Kalmykia in 2004. <National> In 2006, Inarkiev won the preliminary 59th Russian Championship (2006), and went on to finish third in the Russian Championship Superfinal (2006). He won the 66th Russian Championship Higher League (2013) on tiebreak ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi, thereby qualifying for for the Russian Superfinals (2013), where he placed in the middle of the field. <Continental> He was =5th (14th on tiebreak) in the 12th European Individual Championship (2011), which qualified him for the World Cup 2011. He placed =2nd (5th on tiebreak) at the 13th European Individual Championship (2012), scoring 8/11 and qualifying for the World Cup 2013. He won the European Individual Championship (2016) outright with 9/11, qualifying for the World Cup 2017. <World> In 2008 the city of Elista nominated him as a participant in the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix cycle. In the World Cup (2011) he defeated Spanish GM Ivan Salgado Lopez in the first round, but lost in the second round rapid-game tiebreaker to Ukrainian GM Alexander Moiseenko. At the World Cup (2013), he was eliminated in the first round tiebreaker by Brazilian GM Rafael Duailibe Leitao. He qualified as the President's Nominee for the World Cup (2015) where he defeated Yuniesky Quesada Perez in the first round but lost to Ding Liren in the second round to be eliminated from the Cup. Tournaments He qualified for the Tal Memorial Blitz (2014) (where he finished 10th out of 12) via his results in the Russian Higher League Championship 2014 and placed outright 3rd at the category 18 14th Karpov International (2013). Other top results include winning the Baku Open (2014), the powerful Moscow Open (2015) and the Russian Team Rapid Championship (2015). Sources and References Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/; Wikipedia article: Ernesto Inarkiev Last updated: 2017-12-29 08:44:42

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page 1 of 66; games 1-25 of 1,639  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Babula Sr vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 30 1998 Elista Olympiad E97 King's Indian 2. E Inarkiev vs M Agopov   1-0 38 1998 Elista Olympiad E70 King's Indian 3. R Irzhanov vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 30 1998 Elista Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. E Inarkiev vs Kupreichik   1-0 37 1998 Elista Olympiad B06 Robatsch 5. E Inarkiev vs A Grosar   ½-½ 27 1998 Elista Olympiad E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. M Geenen vs E Inarkiev   0-1 50 2000 Istanbul Olympiad B32 Sicilian 7. E Inarkiev vs Z Runic   1-0 66 2000 Istanbul Olympiad E70 King's Indian 8. H Ni vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 104 2000 Istanbul Olympiad B30 Sicilian 9. E Inarkiev vs D Barua   ½-½ 32 2000 Istanbul Olympiad D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. E Inarkiev vs M Apicella   0-1 48 2000 Istanbul Olympiad E70 King's Indian 11. E Inarkiev vs Kharitonov   1-0 61 2001 RUS-ch U16 C53 Giuoco Piano 12. E Inarkiev vs E Shaposhnikov   0-1 45 2001 RUS-ch U20 E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 13. I Ibragimov vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 30 2001 Russian Championship A15 English 14. E Inarkiev vs S Volkov   ½-½ 46 2001 Russian Championship D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Dvoirys vs E Inarkiev   1-0 40 2001 Russian Championship B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 16. K Aseev vs E Inarkiev   1-0 81 2001 Russian Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 17. E Inarkiev vs A Feoktistov   ½-½ 55 2001 Russian Championship D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 18. E Inarkiev vs A Karpatchev 1-0 35 2001 Russian Championship D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 19. M Makarov vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 14 2001 Russian Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 20. E Inarkiev vs Potkin   ½-½ 39 2001 Russian Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. Sveshnikov vs E Inarkiev 0-1 122 2001 Russian Championship B06 Robatsch 22. A Ustinov vs E Inarkiev   0-1 39 2001 White Nights B25 Sicilian, Closed 23. E Inarkiev vs B Grachev   ½-½ 45 2001 White Nights D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. D Shchukin vs E Inarkiev 0-1 29 2001 White Nights E92 King's Indian 25. E Inarkiev vs A Shariyazdanov ½-½ 10 2001 White Nights E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation  page 1 of 66; games 1-25 of 1,639

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-05-04    poktirity: Anybody know this guy? Nov-05-04    acirce: Born in 1985. #4 on the "Top 10 players on their 13th birthday" list at http://www.chessmetrics.com/AL/AL13... Today's rating 2604, expected to rise Nov-05-04    MoonlitKnight: He's a Moscovit, and I heard he is a cool guy. I read some of his notes to this game M Tissir vs E Inarkiev, 2004 in a Gibraltar Masters bulletin. The setup after black's 10th move is called the Hippopotamus, and his note to the 12th move said something like "the hippo comes out to play!" Mar-03-05    WTHarvey: Here are some interesting 'must win' postions from Ernesto's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/inar.html Mar-03-05    offramp: It's a strange name for a Muscovite but I suppose he is named after Ché Guevara. Mar-03-05    pyryk: Offramp, according to the november issue of Misha interviews on chesscafe.com, you are correct. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/misha... Sep-06-06    Knight13: Tropical storm Ernesto. Sep-06-06    BIDMONFA: Ernesto Inarkiev INARKIEV, Ernesto http://www.bidmonfa.com/inarkiev_er... _ Sep-12-06    Ernesto7: ahhh man i thougth i would be the first GM named Ernesto : ( Sep-13-06    Where is my mind: < WTHarvey > Inarkiev vs I Arakelov, St Petersburg, 2001 Is the solution Rf6 <fxe4> instead of exf4? Just a typo,thanks for the convenient link to your great site. Sep-14-06    WTHarvey: <Where is my mind> Right you are! :-) I've credited you with the correction. Sep-16-06    Where is my mind: Thanks<WTHarvey>Keep up the great work! Oct-03-06    Tamerlan: You are all wrong! This guy is from Ingushetiya! A small republic which is located near the Chechnia. But he plays in toutaments for Russia. Ingushetiya is a very religious republic, all innhabitants are muslims. Oct-19-06    Mameluk: <Tamerlan> When he says he is Kirgyz, he is probably Kirgyz?! Nov-16-06    Tamerlan: Mameluk: No that is impossible, because he got gratulations from the president of Ingushetiya and not from Kirgyz'president. Actually his name says where he is from. In fact he has become the first grandmaster from Ingushetiya to win Russian Championship. Nov-16-06    Mameluk: MS: Were you born in Kyrgyzstan? EI: Yes, in a small village in the Osh region. My parents worked at the industrial complex: mother was vice-chairman of the trade union committee and father had a mid-level management position. When I was 6, we moved to the capital, Bishkek (which was called Frunze in those days). I attended school in Bishkek until 2000, when we moved again, this time to Elista, Russia. He is not russian champion yet, wait a month or so:) He was playing very well 3 times in Pardubice with Kirsan-supporting T-shirt:-( Nov-17-06    Tamerlan: Mameluk: First of all, the fact that he was born in Kyrgyzstan says nothing about his nationality. The second fact is in some way silly, because he won 56ht Russian championship no matter what. Nov-17-06    Mameluk: This one? 56th Russian Championships (2003) 56th Russian Championships (2003)/Peter Svidler 56th Russian Championships (2003)/Ernesto Inarkiev Dec-14-06    Peligroso Patzer: Inarkiev had a nice win today against Khairullin, which brings him up to equal third with one round remaining in the Superfinal. Since he does not yet have a CG.com biography, I will note that back in September, Inarkiev won the 59th Russian Championship [ 59th Russian Championship (2006) ]. That event was apparently a qualifier for the Russian Superfinal now in progress, but is still a very prestigious tournament in its own right. Dec-27-06    DutchDunce: He's been a busy bee this quarter. 34 games played, and his rating shot up 40 points, from 2629 to 2669. I remember him most for the sly grin he had on his face in a photo on Kosteniuk's site, when he knew he was going to win against her. Mar-16-07    argishti: Looks like a very solid player, i am impressed. Apr-06-08    waustad: He seems to like to teeter on the brink if the dozen or so games I looked at are indicative. Lots of decisive games with lots of sharp tactics. Apr-24-08    timhortons: first time i heard of his name and im impressed of his win over mamedyarov in bakugrandprix, in an interview with fide he said english is the langguage in chess world and he speak english well Apr-24-08    timhortons: hey! the arm band..look at the arm ban, its che guevarra, long live che!!! Apr-24-08    Resignation Trap: <timhortons> There aren't very many Russians named "Ernesto", but that was Che's first name, and Inarkiev was named for him. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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