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 3 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-14-15    sonia91: I agree with you, there are higher rated players who didn't manage to get into the World Cup (eg. Li Chao, Howell...), but as to Petrosian memorial he qualified via Russian Championship Higher League (http://chess-news.ru/en/node/16960) May-20-16    Troller: Currently Inarkiev is jumping to #33 live spot in the world following outstanding results in Russian Team Championship (2016)/Ernesto Inarkiev and the ongoing European Individual Championship (2016)/Ernesto Inarkiev. +33.9 pts elo! May-21-16    Appaz: Another win in the 9th round puts him at an astonishing +44 Elo in just three weeks! May-21-16    Chessgames Bookie: Will Inarkiev take clear first at the European Individual Championship (2016)? Place your bets: EICC rd 10: Inarkiev Special May-21-16    Penguincw: Damn, there goes another one! Inarkiev beats Kovalenko in a tight game, as it was pretty much even 'til Kovalenko slipped around the 5th hour of play. http://chess-results.com/tnr206558.... Inarkiev now at 2730, ranked 27th on the live ratings! He gets white vs. Goganov tomorrow, heading into the penultimate round, up a full point on 2 opponents. A win clinches at least shared first. May-23-16    sonia91: Congratulations to Ernesto on becoming European Champion! May-23-16    Pulo y Gata: Viva La Revolucion! May-23-16    Penguincw: Ernesto Inarkiev does it! He wins the EICC with a score of 9/11 (+7,-0,=4), half a point ahead of Kovalenko. He also gained 25.9 points, in addition to 16.8 from the Russian Premier League, has him at a career high 2728.7. Generally, the top 23 from the EICC qualify for the next World Cup, so I imagine he just qualified for the 2017 World Cup, so congrats. May-23-16    cro777: Ernesto does it with a little help from his supporters: http://www.universodelajedrez.com/w... May-24-16    cro777: "There is no sincerer love than the love of food." (George Bernard Shaw) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjM9kP-... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjM9j9A... The hotel which hosted Inarkiev celebrates his victory with a special cake! Jul-10-16    sonia91: He will play a match with Boris Gelfand in Magas, Ingushetia, Russia on July 12-22: http://www.chessdom.com/match-boris... https://twitter.com/InEr_Chess/stat... Jan-21-17    sonia91: He will play in the FIDE Grand Prix: http://www.chessdom.com/ernesto-ina... Jan-22-17    Mr. V: The FIDE Grand Prix and its constantly-changing timeline seem to be remarkably unnoticed by the online chess community. Dec-29-17    ketchuplover: shame on you young man Dec-30-17    JonDSouzaEva: Yeah, what a bounder (I wasn't allowed to use any of the words I wanted to due to chessgames.com comment filtering!). Here is Kasparov's take, courtesy of David Robertson on the English Chess Forum: A disgraceful incident at the FIDE World Blitz Championship on Friday. Russian GM Inarkiev, in a losing position against world champion Magnus Carlsen, made an illegal move and then claimed victory when Carlsen replied because, said Inarkiev, Carlsen's move was illegal! Eventually, the arbiter decided they should continue the game from before Inarkiev's illegal move, but as you can read in the transcript below, even in the very unlikely circumstance that his illegal move was inadvertent, the Russian GM stuck to his absurd demand and was later forfeited for not playing on. Yes, it's blitz chess, a spectacle that is often chaotic, but this isn't a pub or a park, where a hustler exploits every angle. This is a world championship, and against the world champion himself. Inarkiev should have been disqualified for such behavior. The rules of chess are simple enough, but there are also rules of decency and sportsmanship. (In that line, Carlsen's emotional reaction was excessive, if understandable under the preposterous circumstances.) Note that this event itself already disgraced by being held in Saudi Arabia, where Israeli players were not permitted to attend and where the many women players must be covered to leave the hotel. This venue caused many top players, including defending champion Anna Muzychuk, to boycott. FIDE has already held major official events in Gadhafi's Tripoli and in Tehran, with similar discriminatory practices. By always putting short-term money ahead of everything else, the politicians bring disgrace upon chess even greater than moments like this one. Dec-30-17    scholes: Shame on you cheap cheater Dec-31-17    dumbgai: Inarkiev has always been a strong but not elite player who got special privileges due to being from the same place as the FIDE president. He got more invites to elite tournaments than other players of equal playing strength and rating. Not at all surprising that someone accustomed to special treatment would think he could get away with a blatant act of cheating. Dec-31-17    WorstPlayerEver: Well, he actually got away with it; he didn't get expelled. Dec-31-17    dumbgai: Bum couldn’t hang with the world champion fairly so he tried to “win” in the cheapest way possible. I agree with Kasparov that Inarkiev should have been disqualified. Also agree that FIDE is a joke for hosting this event in Saudi. Dec-31-17    thegoodanarchist: Inarkiev is being roundly criticized, and deservedly so. I am disgusted by such a brazen attempt to thieve a victory. Dec-31-17    Diademas: Can't realy see why anyone would cough up $25 to join this site in the near future... https://chesscafe.com/play-like-ern... Jan-01-18    devere: FIDE should take disciplinary action against Inarkiev. Jan-01-18    WorstPlayerEver: <Diademas> If you scroll to the bottom of that page you'll see: <© 2014 ChessEdu.org. Website Design by Paraclete Web Design> I never deal with guys who do not have an up to date website: rule nr. 1 Jan-03-18    lentil: Pariah! Jan-03-18    nok: Yet, none of the white sheriffs posting here would agree to restart a game whose scoresheets were signed (by both players) ten minutes ago. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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