chess.wikisort.org - Player

Gennadi "Genna" Sosonko (Russian: Геннадий Борисович Сосонко, Gennady Borisovich Sosonko; born 18 May 1943) is a Soviet-born Dutch chess player and writer. He has been awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE and is a twice Dutch champion.

Gennadi Sosonko
Full name	Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko
Country	Soviet Union (before 1972) Netherlands (after 1972)
Born	(1943-05-18) 18 May 1943 (age 79) Troitsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1976)
FIDE rating	2520 (November 2022)
Peak rating	2595 (January 1981)

Career

Born in Troitsk, Russia, Sosonko won the Leningrad juniors' championship in 1958.

He legally emigrated from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972.

Sosonko won the Dutch Championship in 1973 and 1978 (jointly). His tournament record includes 1st at Wijk aan Zee 1977, 1st at Nijmegen 1978, 3rd at Amsterdam 1980, 1st at Wijk aan Zee 1981, 3rd at Tilburg 1982 and 4th at Haninge 1988. He also drew a match with Jan Timman (+1 =0 −1) in 1984.

Sosonko played for the Dutch team at the Chess Olympiad eleven times, in 1974-84, and 1988-96. He won two individual medals: gold at Haifa 1976, bronze at Nice 1974, and two team medals: silver at Haifa 1976, and bronze at Thessaloniki 1988.

FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded Sosonko the International Master (IM) title in 1974, the GM title in 1976 and the FIDE Senior Trainer title in 2004.[1]

Books

Sosonko has authored six non-technical chess books centering heavily on his chess life in the Soviet Union and his relationships with and memories of both leading Soviet players and lesser-known characters in chess history.

• Sosonko, Genna (2001). Russian Silhouettes. New in Chess. ISBN 90-5691-078-7.
• Sosonko, Genna (2003). The Reliable Past. New in Chess. ISBN 90-5691-114-7.
• Sosonko, Genna (2006). Smart Chip from St. Petersburg: And Other Tales of a Bygone Chess Era. New in Chess. ISBN 90-5691-169-4.
• Sosonko, Genna (2013). The World Champions I Knew. New in Chess. ISBN 90-5691-418-9.
• Sosonko, Genna (2017). The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein. Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 59-5004-331-6.
• Sosonko, Genna (2018). Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi. Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 59-5004-338-3.

References

Further reading

• Kirillov, Valentin (2017). Team Tal: An Inside Story. Moscow: Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 5-950-04330-8.

External links

• Gennadi Sosonko chess games at 365Chess.com
• Gennadi Sosonko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Gennadi Sosonko Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org

На других языках

---

[de] Gennadi Sosonko

Gennadi Sosonko (* 18. Mai 1943 in Troizk) (zuweilen auch Genna Sosonko genannt) ist ein niederländischer Schach-Großmeister russischer Herkunft.

---

- [en] Gennadi Sosonko

---

[ru] Сосонко, Геннадий Борисович

Генна Сосо́нко (Геннадий Борисович Сосо́нко; род. 18 мая 1943 года, Троицк[2][3], СССР) — советский, впоследствии нидерландский шахматист, гроссмейстер (1976), журналист, писатель. Заслуженный тренер ФИДЕ (2004)[4].

---

---