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Encyclopedia > Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Grischuk

Alexander Grischuk (b. October 31, 1983) is a chess grandmaster from Russia. His FIDE rating in October 2005 was 2720 making him the world's number 11 ranked player. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he made it to the fifth round, where he lost 3-1 to Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Along with being a top-level professional, Grischuk is also known as one of the best blitz chess players in the world, having once held the record for highest rating achieved on the Internet Chess Club. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1937x1465, 291 KB) en: Alexander Grischuk – Russian ()grandmaster. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1937x1465, 291 KB) en: Alexander Grischuk – Russian ()grandmaster. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... The five original grandmasters of chess, from left to right: Lasker (seated), Alekhine, Capablanca, Marshall, Tarrasch (seated) The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... The FIDE World Chess Championship, 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. ... Image:KasimAdams. ... Blitz chess (also known as speed chess or blitzkrieg chess) is a game of chess where each side is given very little time to make all of their moves. ... The Internet Chess Club is a commercial Internet site devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ...


In the following game, played in 2001, Grischuk crushes one of the world's top players, Evgeny Bareev in only seventeen moves. (Moves given in algebraic chess notation). 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Evgeny Bareev (b. ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Bb5 Rg8 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. Qh5 Rg7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxe6+ 1-0


One possible continuation of the game is: 17...Be7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Re1+ Kd6 20. Qxf7 Qd7 21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Re7 winning a queen for a rook.


External links

  • FIDE rating card for Alexander Grischuk

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ChessBase.com - Chess News - Super Final R11: Kasparov wins title by 1½ points (900 words)
The participants of this round robin tournament were Garry Kasparov, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexey Dreev, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Alexander Motylev, Vladimir Epishin, Artem Timofeev and Alexey Korotylev.
The novelty came from Grischuk on move 15, and about ten moves later he had a clear advantage.
Grischuk drew 60%, Dreev 50%, and Morozevich 60%.
The Week in Chess (8179 words)
The French NAO Chess Club of Paris is also fielding an exceptionally strong team, comprising of Alexander Grischuk (2732), Peter Svidler (2723), Michael Adams (2719), Joel Lautler (2677), Vallejo Pons Francisco (2662), Etienne Bacrot (2645), Laurent Fressinet (2640) and Igor-Alexandre Nataf (2549).
Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 46,0 2709 6.0
Grischuk is up 9 places to 6th a gain of 31 points.
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