Igor Kurnosov
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Igor Kurnosov is a Russia
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grandmaster
. In 2008 he won the Arctic Chess Challenge. He is also the winner of 2008/9 Hastings Masters
tournament.
On the March 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, Kurnosov has a rating of 2653.
Recent game at Aeroflot Open in Moscow against top seed Mamedyarov... won in 21 moves—enough to make Mamedyarov file a (unsubstantiated) complaint of cheating.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
. In 2008 he won the Arctic Chess Challenge. He is also the winner of 2008/9 Hastings Masters
Hastings International Chess Congress
The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual chess congress which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year. The main event is the Hastings Premier tournament, which was traditionally a 10 to 16 player round-robin tournament. In 2004/05 the tournament was played in the...
tournament.
On the March 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, Kurnosov has a rating of 2653.
Notable games
- Igor Kurnosov vs Marat Dzhumaev, 2nd Agzamov Memorial 2008, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07), 1-0
Recent game at Aeroflot Open in Moscow against top seed Mamedyarov... won in 21 moves—enough to make Mamedyarov file a (unsubstantiated) complaint of cheating.