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Igor Kurnosov (Russian: Игорь Курносов; 30 May 1985 – 8 August 2013) was a Russian chess grandmaster.

Igor Kurnosov
Igor Kurnosov, Lublin 2010
Country	Russia
Born	(1985-05-30)30 May 1985 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 August 2013(2013-08-08) (aged 28) Chelyabinsk, Russia
Title	Grandmaster
Peak rating	2680 (May 2010) (No. 52 in the May 2010 FIDE World Rankings)

In 2004 he won the 8th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in Bad Wiessee edging out on tiebreak other five grandmasters.[1] Kurnosov took clear first place at the Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Norway in 2008,[2] 2008/9 Hastings Masters tournament[3] and 2011 Politiken Cup in Helsingør, Denmark.[4] In 2010 he played in the Russian Championship Superfinal, where he scored 5½/11 for a shared 7th–10th place.[5] In December 2011, Kurnosov won the Zurich Christmas Open by tiebreak over Boris Grachev.[6] In 2012, by winning the semi-finals in Astana, he qualified for the World Rapid Chess Championship final.[7] In the same year he tied for 1st–3rd with Sergei Movsesian and Romain Edouard in the Biel Masters Open winning the tournament on countback. In May 2013 he won the Nakhchivan Open on tiebreak over Aleksandr Shimanov and Gadir Guseinov.[8] Two months later, in July 2013, Kurnosov won the 20th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, edging out Zahar Efimenko, Mikhailo Oleksienko and Avetik Grigoryan on tiebreak.[9]

On the August 2013 FIDE rating list, Kurnosov ranked 84th in the world with a 2662 rating.[10]

Kurnosov was hit and killed by a car on 8 August 2013 at 2:45 am in his home town Chelyabinsk, aged 28.[11]

Notable games

• Igor Kurnosov vs Marat Dzhumaev, 2nd Agzamov Memorial 2008, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07), 1-0

Kurnosov defeated top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at the 2009 Aeroflot Open in Moscow in 21 moves. Mamedyarov filed a complaint of cheating following the game, but the complaint was dismissed.[12][13]

• Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Igor Kurnosov, Aeroflot Open 2009, Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Goglidze Attack (D70), 0-1

References

Further reading

• Kryakvin, Dmitry, Barsky, Vladimir et al. (editors) (2018). The Chelyabinsk Meteorite: Selected Games of Igor Kurnosov. Moscow: Elk and Ruby Publishing House. ISBN 5-950-04339-1. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Igor Kurnosov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Igor Kurnosov chess games at 365Chess.com
• Interview with Igor Kurnosov (in Russian)

На других языках

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[de] Igor Dmitrijewitsch Kurnossow

Igor Dmitrijewitsch Kurnossow (russisch Игорь Дмитриевич Курносов, * 30. Mai 1985 in Tscheljabinsk; † 8. August 2013 ebenda) war ein russischer Schach-Großmeister.

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- [en] Igor Kurnosov

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[ru] Курносов, Игорь Дмитриевич

Игорь Дмитриевич Курно́сов (30 мая 1985 (1985-05-30), Челябинск — 8 августа 2013, там же) — российский шахматист, гроссмейстер (2003). Стабильно имел рейтинг 2650+, в мае 2010 года набрал 2680 очков, что является наивысшим показателем в карьере шахматиста. В рейтинге Международной шахматной федерации (FIDE) Игорь занимал 84-е место.

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