Kaido Külaots
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Kaido Külaots is an Estonia
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Grandmaster (2001).
He won Estonian Chess Championship
in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 and played for Estonia in the Chess Olympiad
s of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
He tied for 1st-2nd with Evgeny Alekseev at Kharkiv
2003 and with Vladislav Nevednichy
at Paks
2003, tied for 1st-6th with Evgeniy Najer
, Artyom Timofeev
, Zoltan Gyimesi
, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open
2004, tied for 1st-2nd with Artjom Smirnov at the Paul Keres Chess Festival in Tallinn 2004, came 2nd behind Sergei Tiviakov
and ahead of Oleg Korneev at the Gausdal
Classics 2005, came 1st at the Heart of Finland Open in Jyvaeskylae 2008, tied for 1st-3rd with Robert Ruck and Gabor Papp at the 1st Gedeon Barcza
Memorial 2008, and won the 1st Festival Yvette 2010.
According to Chessmetrics
, at his peak in August 2004 Külaots play was equivalent to a rating of 2584, and he was ranked number 146 in the world. His best single performance was at the Liepajas Rokade Liepaya tournament, 2004, where he scored 8 of 11 possible points (73%) against 2552-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2671.
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
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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 (2001).
He won Estonian Chess Championship
Estonian Chess Championship
The first unofficial Estonian Chess Championship was held in 1903, organized by a chess club formed in Reval in 1903 and named for the famous Russian master Mikhail Chigorin. After the World War I, when Estonia became an independent country, official Estonian championships started...
in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 and played for Estonia in the Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
He tied for 1st-2nd with Evgeny Alekseev at Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
2003 and with Vladislav Nevednichy
Vladislav Nevednichy
Vladislav Nevednichy is a Romanian chess Grandmaster and Romanian champion in 2008. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, but was knocked out in the second round by Jeroen Piket....
at Paks
Paks
Paks is a town in Tolna county, central Hungary, on the banks of the Danube River. Paks is the home of the only Hungarian nuclear power plant, which provides about 40% the country's electricity....
2003, tied for 1st-6th with Evgeniy Najer
Evgeniy Najer
Evgeniy Najer is a Russian chess Grandmaster. In 2002 he shared the victory of the U.S. Open Chess Championship with Gennadi Zaichik and in 2003 won the Moscow City Chess Championship....
, Artyom Timofeev
Artyom Timofeev
Artyom Timofeev is a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won the European Youth Chess Championship for U18 in 2000. He tied for 1st-6th with Evgeniy Najer, Kaido Külaots, Zoltan Gyimesi, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2004...
, Zoltan Gyimesi
Zoltan Gyimesi
Zoltán Gyimesi is a Hungarian chess player. He has participated in 4 Chess Olympiads 1998, 2002-2006 with a record of +11=18-4. In 2002 at the 35th Chess Olympiad, the Hungarian team won the silver medal with Gyimesi on the fourth board...
, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open
Cappelle-la-Grande Open
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985.It has become over the years one of the strongest opens in the world, after the Aeroflot Open of Moscow...
2004, tied for 1st-2nd with Artjom Smirnov at the Paul Keres Chess Festival in Tallinn 2004, came 2nd behind Sergei Tiviakov
Sergei Tiviakov
Sergei Tiviakov is a naturalised Dutch chess Grandmaster.Tiviakov won the Dutch Chess Championship in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, in Plovdiv, he won the European Individual Chess Championship with 8.5/11....
and ahead of Oleg Korneev at the Gausdal
Gausdal
Gausdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru...
Classics 2005, came 1st at the Heart of Finland Open in Jyvaeskylae 2008, tied for 1st-3rd with Robert Ruck and Gabor Papp at the 1st Gedeon Barcza
Gedeon Barcza
Gedeon Barcza was a Hungarian chess master.In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and Milan Vidmar, at Maróczy Jubiläum in Budapest. In September 1942, he took sixth place at the first European Championship in Munich; the event was won by Alexander Alekhine...
Memorial 2008, and won the 1st Festival Yvette 2010.
According to Chessmetrics
Chessmetrics
Chessmetrics is a system for rating chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. It is intended as an improvement over the Elo rating system.-Implementation:...
, at his peak in August 2004 Külaots play was equivalent to a rating of 2584, and he was ranked number 146 in the world. His best single performance was at the Liepajas Rokade Liepaya tournament, 2004, where he scored 8 of 11 possible points (73%) against 2552-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2671.