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Maksim Chigaev (born 7 November 1996) is a Russian chess player who currently represents Spain. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016.[3]

Together with 43 other Russian chess players, Chigaev signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.[4] In August 2023, he changed federations to Spain.[5]

Career

Chigaev was born in Kemerovo.[6] He played on the Russian team that won the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad in 2012. Chigaev also won an individual gold medal as the best player on the second board.[7] In 2015 he won the Vanya Somov Memorial - World's Youth Stars tournament in Kirishi.[8] In 2018, he played on team Molodezhka[9] of Tyumen which took the bronze medal in both the Russian Team Championships Premier League[10][11] and the European Club Cup.[12][13] In January 2019 Chigaev shared second place with Andrey Esipenko and Benjamin Gledura in the Tata Steel Challengers tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands scoring 8½ points from 13 games.[14] He competed in the FIDE World Cup 2019 as one of the nominees by the president of FIDE. Chigaev was paired against Parham Maghsoodloo and lost to him by 2–0 and therefore was eliminated from the tournament in the first round.[15]

In October 2020, Chigaev won the Higher League of the 73rd Russian Chess Championship in Sochi with a score of 6.5/9 and qualified for Russian Chess Championship Superfinal later in the year.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Several Russian players' officially switched federations in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Russian Grandmasters Leave Russia: 'I Have No Sympathy For This War', chess.com, 1 May 2022
  2. ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
  3. ^ "List of titles approved by General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan". www.fide.com. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  4. ^ "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin", Chess.com, 3 March 2022
  5. ^ Svensen, Tarjei J. (4 September 2023). "Vitiugov Transfers From Russia To Become England's New Number One". Chess.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ^ Certificate of title result - International Master. FIDE.
  7. ^ "Russia wins U16 Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul". Chessdom. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  8. ^ "Maksim Chigaev wins 2015 Vanya Somov Memorial". Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information. 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  9. ^ "European Club Cup Starts in Greece". Russian Chess Federation. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  10. ^ Crowther, Mark (2018-05-10). "Russian Team Championships 2018". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  11. ^ Yermolinsky, Alex (2018-05-11). "St. Petersburg wins Russian Team Championship". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  12. ^ Mark, Crowther (2019-10-12). "34th European Club Cup 2018". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  13. ^ McGourty, Colin (2019-10-19). "Euro Clubs 7: Bronze Horseman snatch gold". chess24.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  14. ^ Aditya Pai (2019-01-28). "Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen wins his seventh title". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  15. ^ Colodro, Carlos Alberto (2019-09-12). "FIDE World Cup: Bouncing back". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  16. ^ "Maksim Chigaev and Valentina Gunina Become Winners of Russian Championships Higher League". Федерация шахмат России. Retrieved 2020-10-20.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Chigaev