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 2 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-15-08    jon01: Inarkiev always plays his games sharply and unpredictably. I hope he reaches 2700 and will become more popular player. Oct-05-08    Billy Vaughan: Eek! He won't at this pace: +0 -3 =0 at Russian Superfinals so far. Hope he picks it up with some wins! Dec-09-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Ernesto! Dec-09-08    timhortons: happy birthday ernesto! Dec-26-08    walker: Initially I was sorry for the guy. Who wants to be named after a murderer? I know an older man nameed after Adolf Hitler and his life was a nightmare because of his parents idiotic choice. But now I see that our Ernesto has a small portret of the murderer Ernesto Gevara. Such a pitty. Dec-26-08    walker: On his right hand* Jan-11-09    WhiteRook48: I didn't know he was named after a murderer. Aug-16-09    Etienne: Walker, weren't those fighting against Che Guevara also murderers following your logic? Nov-07-09    GrahamClayton: Inarkiev does not like to leave the board during his games, as he thinks he will loose his concentration. During the 2009 European Individual championships, the hot conditions led to Inarkiev refeshing himself by placing drops of water from a wine glass onto his forehead, rather than going to the bathroom. Feb-08-10    Tabanus: He placed 4th (or shared 1st) yesterday in Moscow Open (2010): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr299... Jun-25-11    siamesedream: http://chessintranslation.com/wp-co... WOW! ;) from: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... Jun-27-11    SimonWebbsTiger: absolutely priceless photo and comment on Chessbase http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Oct-19-11    Korifej: Ernesto is strange name for Russian;') Nov-03-11    twinlark: <Korifej> He was named after Che Guevara. Jan-29-12    plimko: Inarkiev is the top seeded player in Moscow Open (from 28 january to 5 february) In the first round a little surprise, Chigaev-Inarkiev 1/2, but a very good job from the teenager Maksim (born in 1996): [Event "Festival Moscow Open 2012"] [Site "Moscow/Russia"] [Date "2012.01.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2397"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nh4 g6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Ba7 b4 14. Bxb8 bxc3 15. Ba7 cxb2 16. Rb1 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rxb2 Bxe4 21. Qb3 f4 22. Bd2 Qc6 23. O-O Bd5 24. c4 Be6 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Re1 Bxc4 27. Qc3 Rh7 28. Rc2 d5 29. Nd4 Qc7 30. Ne6 Qd6 31. Rb2 Bf6 32. Qc2 Ne5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxg6+ Rf7 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kxe6 37. Qc8+ Kd6 38. Rb6+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rb6+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2 Official Site http://open.moschess.ru/eng/ On 'Scacchi Internazionali' http://biker60.wordpress.com/2012/0... Feb-14-12    Refused: <walker: Initially I was sorry for the guy. Who wants to be named after a murderer?> Freedom fighter. He was named after a freedom fighter. But thanks for dropping in. Mar-31-12    twinlark: Good result at the European Championships. Dec-09-13    Penguincw: Happy 28th birthday to GM Ernesto Inarkiev. Sep-30-14    Penguincw: Congratz to Ernesto Inarkiev for winning the Baku Open (2014) on tiebreaks, ahead of Constantin Lupulescu. His TPR was slightly better (2528 vs. 2512). Both finished with 7/9. It wasn't easy, as Inarkiev, the 2nd seed had to beat 3rd seed Alexander Areshchenko with black in the final round to secure it. Inarkiev gained a solid 9 rating points in the tournament, which should help him in his quest back to the 2700 club. http://chess-results.com/tnr144353.... Feb-03-15    Penguincw: Congrats to Ernesto Ianarkiev for remaining the last player at the Moscow Open (2015) tournament to remain at a perfect score (4/4). The average rating of his opponents were about 2432 vs. his 2675, so he had it easy. He gained 8.2 rating points. Unfortunately, he has black against Korobov (2687) tomorrow, so his perfect record will probably be ruined. Feb-08-15    Penguincw: And congrats to Inarkiev (my apologizes for the above typo) for winning the Moscow Open (2015) tournament. He went a perfect 5/5 before Mamedov held him to a draw. However, he bounced right back with a win against top seed Nepomniactchi, followed by drawing Petrosian. Entering the last round, he could've simply drew with Lysyj to clinch a share of first place, but he beat him to finish a full point (8/9) ahead of 2nd seed Vallejo Pons, 4th seed Korobov (who he beat with black) and Petrosian and Artemiev. 12 players finished a half point behind them, including Nepo. His undefeated +7 score (9 rounds) against 2570 opposition was a 2921 TPR and helped him gain 23.5 rating points. On the live ratings, that's enough to rise him to 2698.5, which will be rounded to 2699 (assuming he doesn't play in this month again). He also gained 18 spots and is now world #47. Feb-15-15    sonia91: An interesting interview: http://chess-news.ru/en/node/18127 May-09-15    Penguincw: Congrats to Ernesto Inarkiev for winning the Russian Team Rapid Championship (2015) with a score of 8.5/9. Aug-14-15    sonia91: Inarkiev is the last FIDE president's World Cup nominee: http://www.bakuworldcup2015.com/con... Aug-14-15    fisayo123: Pretty random nominee. Seems to get quite a lot of favors. I remember him being invited to the Petrosian memorial. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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