Vladimir Epishin
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Vladimir Epishin is a Russia
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grandmaster
with an Elo-rating of 2610.
He finished third in the 58th USSR Chess Championship
. His other tournament successes include 3rd-4th with Vladimir Akopian at the New York
Open Championship in 1998,
first at the Monarch Assurance PLC 11th International Chess Tournament in Isle of Man 2002, and 1st-3rd with Vladimir Burmakin
and Marijan Petrov at the 21st Le Touquet Open in 2006.
He was one of the assistants (seconds) to Anatoly Karpov
during the late stages of Karpov's career (from 1987 to 1996). A variation of the Benko Gambit
is named the Epishin Variation after him (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1).
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....
with an Elo-rating of 2610.
He finished third in the 58th USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
. His other tournament successes include 3rd-4th with Vladimir Akopian at the New York
New York
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Open Championship in 1998,
first at the Monarch Assurance PLC 11th International Chess Tournament in Isle of Man 2002, and 1st-3rd with Vladimir Burmakin
Vladimir Burmakin
Vladimir Burmakin is a Russian chess Grandmaster.In 1994 he came 3rd-5th in the Russian championship at Elista, with Sergei Rublevsky and Vasily Yemelin ....
and Marijan Petrov at the 21st Le Touquet Open in 2006.
He was one of the assistants (seconds) to Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
during the late stages of Karpov's career (from 1987 to 1996). A variation of the Benko Gambit
Benko Gambit
The Benko Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defense arising after:- Origin and predecessors :The idea of sacrificing a pawn with ...b5 and ...a6 is quite old. Karel Opočenský applied the idea against, among others, Gideon Ståhlberg at Poděbrady 1936, Paul...
is named the Epishin Variation after him (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1).