Sergei Rublevsky
| Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky | |
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| Full name | Сергей Владимирович Рублевский |
| Country |  Soviet Union(until 1991) Russia(since 1992) |
| Born | October 15, 1974 Kurgan,Kurgan Oblast,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster(1994) |
| FIDErating | 2637(November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2706 (November 2013) |
| Peak ranking | No. 12 (July 1998) |
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Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky(Russian:Сергей Владимирович Рублевский;born 15 October 1974) is a Russianchessgrandmaster(1994).
Biography
[edit]Sergei Rublevsky was born on October 15, 1974 inKurgan,Kurgan Oblast,Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
He has won four team gold medals and one individual bronze medal atChess Olympiads.[1]He won the prestigiousAeroflot Openin 2004, and became the 58th Russian chess champion after winning theRussian Superfinalin Moscow (18–30 December 2005), one point clear fromDmitry JakovenkoandAlexander Morozevich.[2]
He finished in the top 10 in the 2005 FIDE World Cup, which qualified him for theCandidates Tournamentfor theFIDE World Chess Championship 2007,played in May–June 2007. He defeatedRuslan Ponomariov3½-2½ in the first round. In the second round he playedAlexander Grischuk.The match was tied 3-3, but Grischuk won the rapid playoff 2½-½, eliminating Rublevsky from the championship. In recent years, Rublevsky has mostly switched from playing to coaching and has been working with a number of top players both senior and junior.
Style
[edit]GMNigel Shortsaid 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]
GMAlexander Morozevichhas 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 theScotch.Against 1...c5, Rublevsky sometimes goes for Open Sicilians, but he has a couple of non-Open pet lines: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ and 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4. Against theFrenchandCaro-Kann,he plays 2.d4 followed by 3.Nd2.
With Black, he meets 1.e4 withKan/Paulsen/Taimanov Sicilians;against 1.d4 he generally plays theQueen's Gambit Acceptedand the occasionalSlav.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
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Order of Friendship(April 11, 2024)
Honorary citizen of theKurgan Oblast(February 5, 2019)
Notable games
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^Men's Chess Olympiads: Sergei Rublevsky,www.olimpbase.org (archived)
- ^"Rublevsky wins 58th Russian Championship".ChessBase.com. 2005-12-30.Retrieved28 March2011.
- ^Short, Nigel (2006-06-29)."Nigel Short The king and I".The Guardian.Retrieved28 March2011.
- ^"GM Alexander Morozevich Interviews".GM Square.Retrieved28 March2011.
- ^"The chess games of Sergei Rublevsky".ChessGames.com.Retrieved28 March2011.
External links
[edit]- Sergei Rublevskyrating card atFIDE
- Sergei Rublevskyplayer profile atChess.com
- Sergei Rublevskyplayer profile and games atChessgames.com
- Chessbase article on Russian Championship
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