Anton Korobov

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below.Anton Korobov, Warsaw 2013

Full name Антон Коробов

Country:  Ukraine

Born (1985-06-25) 25 June 1985 (age 28)

Kemerovo, Russia

Title Grandmaster

FIDE rating 2698 (April 2014)

(No. 46 in the December 2012 FIDE World Rankings)

Peak rating 2720 (August 2013)

Anton Korobov (born 25 June 1985) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster (2003). He won the 2013 European Blitz Chess Championship.

Chess career Korobov won the 2002 and 2012 Ukrainian Championships and finished second behind Andrei Volokitin in 2004. In 2011, he came first in the Nakhchivan Open. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the second round by Nikita Vitiugov. In February 2012, he tied for 1st–3rd with Mateusz Bartel and Pavel Eljanov in the 11th Aeroflot Open. Korobov was outright 3rd in the Ukrainian Championship (2013) behind Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Ruslan Ponomariov respectively. In the World Cup 2013 in Norway he eliminated Vasif Durarbayli, Baadur Jobava, Daniil Dubov and Hikaru Nakamura, but in the fifth round he was knocked out by former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, after losing the first game and drawing the second. Korobov has not played for the Ukrainian national team although he has expressed interest in doing so.

“I was nearly or immediately hopeless after Move 15,” he said in a brief commentary to Susan Polgar. According to Korobov the whole strategy in the game was absolutely wrong. Tomorrow Ukrainian is White, “I think the capital punishment is waitng for me but I should do my best to cope with this situation.”

GM noted the question sounded provocative, but he replied anyways: “Maybe there were guys who were making the decision [of] who should live or die, to play or not to play, maybe they lack chess literacy, or maybe they are just [being] wise, maybe I am too unpredictable to join the team… I don’t know what the reason is. I am always ready to play and previously, last year, at the Olympiad in Istanbul they were playing with me asking all the time: “Are you ready?”, “Are you sure you are ready?” And then there was a very nice saying from the chief coach: “Good-bye.””

А.MAKSIMOV: Good evening, I just connected to GM Anton Korobov and of course my choice wasn’t accidental. As you already know Anna Ushenina, who at some point made a big stir at the Women’s World Championship,mentioned that Anton is helping her during the competition. Apart from that she also comes from Kharkov and is of the same age as Anton.

So, Anton do you know her well? Are you two connected anyhow? I mean, maybe you’ve been attending the same chess school or had the same coaches?

A.KOROBOV: I know her well. In general we aren’t connected by anything. Well, she just works in the same field with 64 squares, but we don’t interact that much. We’ve been attending the same Kramatorska chess school though. That’s it.

My name’s Evgeny Surov and we are talking to “the man from Kemerovo” – that is
Anton Korobov, however it turned out afterwards that you are you evaluate her play? Isn’t it strange to see the finalist with 2450 rating?

A.MAKSIMOV: Did her performance in Khanty-Mansiysk surprise you? How can be explained her result?

A.KOROBOV: That’s a hard topic, I mean Anna’s performance. I was more surprised by her games than by the results. For example, her game against Nadezhda Kosintseva. Any, even a great chess player would be happy to be the author of this game. That’s fabulous.

A.MAKSIMOV: Today Anna mentioned that you have been helping her during the competition. What do you say?

A.KOROBOV: Yes, we’ve been working hard with Anna before the championship, Gennady Krugovoi, our sport chief in Kharkov, initiated that.

A.MAKSIMOV: How would you evaluate her play? Isn’t it strange to see the finalist with 2450 rating?

A.KOROBOV: Well, that’s a very hard question. Women’s chess is always kind of exorcism… in the finest sense of the word which I really unexpected but he did it . This is what I can state: Anna has a huge and not fully fulfilled potential.

A.MAKSIMOV: It seems that Anna has made the least mistakes at this competition. If for instance, Antoaneta alternates brilliant moves with blunders, Anna’s play looks like Petrosian’s style… Do you agree?

A.KOROBOV: I don’t think so. Her style is closer to Reshevsky’s play in his heyday. That’s combination of universalism and optimism, energy and the instinct of the bloodsucking killer.

I can only wish Anna luck in the final. It’s all in her hands, including the victory.

A.MAKSIMOV: What do you think of today’s tie-break?

Anton Korobov, the new Champion of Ukraine, an extraordinary player and companion, will be on the air of Chess-News radio tomorrow at 20:00 MSK Time. Leave your questions below, please specify your name.

The Ukrainian Chess Federation once again gained practically the strongest composition for the championship which is scheduled to take place on June 15-26. From the top grandmasters only Vassily Ivanchuk will skip the competition.

A.KOROBOV: Today’s tie-break was a Klondike for those missing some grey hair. Anna demonstrated great preparation in the 1st game and brought the game to the conclusion. In the 2nd game, it was Chinese player’s turn to do the same, she ventured to sacrifice the exchange and then found a very strong 28.Nh6!. But then she just couldn’t cope either with her nerves or with time. Alas? Hurrah?!!!

Ukraine has voted for the best chess players of the year for the 10th time. Anton Korobov and Anna Ushenina won the the prize “Chess Hetman 2012.” As you know GM Korobov won the Ukrainian championship, Ushenina became the world champion.

The voting was held among Ukrainian chess players, journalists, coaches and experts. By the way, Anton Korobov surpassed Vassily Ivanchuk who eventually became second.

The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda Ukraine reports that executive committee of Ukrainian Chess Federation (UCF) held a meeting recognizing Ukrainian sportswomen’s performance at the World Championship as successful.

ANISH GIRI

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. Chess is a game which had evolved around 500 B.C. is a game of mind a chess enhance your brain and make you more competitive and refresh and revitalize your mind as this game mainly depends upon your mind skill that how are you going to catch your opponent and to win the game

Many neurologists also believe that as this game enhances your mental skills and capabilities so the peoples who are weaker in mental capabilities they are sometimes recommended to play chess. 

There are special types of checks which are enlisted below:

v  DISCOVERED CHECK: Basically in it there is a discovered attack on opponents king

v  DOUBLE CHECK: In it there is a check from two pieces  to the opponents king in a single move you make

v  CROSS CHECK: This is done when  a check is responded by a check from your opponent side blocking the first check

When the discussion is going on chess then the first thing comes in your mind is a small boy with determined eyes and an appealing face having an overall charismatic personality yes! You recognized him he is one and only ANISH GIRI hero of all hearts and a living champion for all a real champion who had ever lived

Family:

It was a bright day of 28 June 1994 in saint Petersburg the sun was smiling and the clouds were singing that today a world is going to have a real champion born and then the most awaiting moment arrived and the doctors announced to a Russian mom Olga GIRI and Nepalese father Sanjay GIRI a baby boy is born and you are proud parents of a cute innocent faced baby boy his first look wins a heart of everyone

This boy was named Anish giri by his parents this name Anish had come from lord Krishna and means supreme ultimate so he proved to be supreme as his name reflects no one had ever wondered then this cute intelligent baby is going to be the youngest world chess champion and is going to fascinate this whole world with his achievements and will win the hearts of every one and whenever chess will be played or seen his name will flash in mind.  Anish giri have two sibling sisters whose names are Natasha and Ayusha the proud father of Anish giri works as a researcher in company named DELTARES. This proud family were Russia based till the year of 2002 but afterwards they migrated to Japan  and resides there till the year of 2008 never forgetting  his birth place  he continuously pay visits to  his mother land Russia currently they are residing in Netherlands and this country is proud to reside him

CARRER: Basically Anish giri’s career indicates that he must had started playing the game of chess from his cradle or he had learnt it all in his mothers womb as a child of only 7 years of age had started to play chess and not only this he is planning to beat his much experienced chess players as his opponent

This small boy plays chess in a way like that while looking it and his all achievements and all track records it indicates that chess is as easy to him as writing an alphabet.

His career starts from age of 7 and then few years later in a small age of 9 years he gains his first victory in the famous Russian under 12 championship this was a best starting he can made and after such a great starting he promised to himself to never look back

Although with limited facilities available at his disposal he starts to be a teacher of himself and that was enough for him he won his first game when he played In the year of 2008 at the event of Intromart at Hilversum and then the next year only in 2009 he was holding his 2nd award in a chess festival at Groningen this year proves to be a lucky one and he won his 3rd award when he was ranked as second in the corus group 2009 tournament this proves to be the best achievement as now he was youngest grand master of chess only in the age of 14 years 7 months and 2 days and the most surprising this is that he won gm without enough practice and this proves that he is a capable and proving person.

This young dynamic boy with sweet determined eyes confident face with a sharp mind who is a born champion and loves to prove himself best every time when he comes in front of world so that the world can witness that he is a born champion and a champion of all champions who had win the hearts of his fans all round the world. 

Anish giri was placed first when he won by 6/8 at Dutch championship 2009 so his success train is moving on with high speed then in the year of 2010 in group b chorus he won with a bang and get invited for 2011 championship in A group the chess Olympiad held in 2010 proved to be a very successful tournament for giri  where he won a bronze medal  by scoring 8/11also represented Netherlands in 2012 Olympiad where he set 4/7 on board.

Anish giri had also played in the famous SK TERM EMSDETTEN in German budesliga where he named another record for himself and is regarded as youngest player who had ever played this challenging tournament he does not stop over here and get qualified for 2013 world cup he played in first 2 rounds but as failure is only a step for success so he won G45 In October 2013 he played at a European club cup where he individually wins a silver medal and his team won bronze medal. 

According to the ratings of 1st march 2014 giris current rating is 2745  which makes him the top player in nether land  and also top junior in under 20 in whole world and he holds 18th position all over the world his FIDE rating in rapid is 2764 and in blitz its

Aleksandr Morozevich

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. Most probably, one of the more popular grandmasters, Aleksandr Morozevich is an extraordinary player. He was born on 18th of July 1977 in Moscow. He is currently ranked 29th of April 2014 in the world, but has been as high as number two.

He has the recognition of being one of the best players around, yet this immense talent culminates in an extremely unpredictable personality. He can be flying high and all of a sudden drop 50 plus places. He has a massive fan base due to his unique opening moves such as the ones – Chigorin Defense, as well as the latest one – the Albin Counter gambit. His aggressive style of play makes him popular; yet recently his complaint to an interviewer that he must be boring, because he cannot find any game of his among the greatest games ever played. His style of play leads to wins or losses and he is the GM with the least draws. Due to this aggressive style of play, he is also very inconsistent. During the 2011 World Cup, he surprised everyone by offering his opponent Grischuk, a draw after only 12 moves. This does not matter; Aleksandr Morozevich is exciting and at his best the best in the world. He can tear any field apart on his day, yet he can lose interest fast as well. It is as if he has a split personality. In 2011 he, nearly retired after accepting a job to coach Zhu Chen, the Qatar based female chess player. He is a sportsman as well as artist alike, yet he places too much pressure on himself.

He gained respect as a 17-year old after winning the Lloyds Bank tournament in London with an amazing 9.5/10 points. In 1997, he was the top seed at the World Junior Chess Championship but lost in the final. In 1999, he entered his first super tournament and finished fourth. In 2000, he finished fourth in the Corus Chess Tournament, which Kasparov won. He was Russian champion in 1998. Sadly, it took him eight years to be Russian champion again. In the same year, he finished sixth in the FIDE world championship. He achieved a hat trick of wins in Biel in 2003, 2004 and 2006.

He was the first player to defeat the newly crowned world champion Vladimir Kramnik in 2001. He won the Ciudad de Pamplona tournament in 2006 where he came second behind Magnus Carlsen. In his Russian championship win in 2007, he had six straight wins, which is an amazing achievement at any level. Not only is he a professional chess player, but he is also an author. He also released a book titled “The Chigorin defense according to Morozevich” in the same year.

There was a review by the St. Louis chess club stating that the chigorin defense started out with the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6. It seemed weird to most chess players to bring the knight out to c6 on move two, but to the legendary Chigorin it was the only way to play. Chigorin loved active piece play owning to his uncanny attacking instinct. According to the Chigorin defense, the quicker all the black’s pieces were got, the better the performance was. He often obtained a lead in development in his own chigorin games, which seemed weird since he was playing black!

The book provides an extensive coverage of the opening lines. Morozevich claims that he has published all of his analysis because he is making a switch to other openings, so has no reason to hold anything back from the reader. Indeed the book is rather heavy with variations, many worked out by Morozevich and his trainers. Most of the games are Morozevich’s, hence the title.  If you are interested in an exciting and active defense for black, then the chigorin is for you.” 

In June 2008, Morozevich won the Bosna tournament with a margin of 1½ points ahead of second place. In 2008, he was leading the Tal memorial and even climbed to number one in the world for a while only to fall again after finishing fourth.

In 2011, he won the Russian Higher League championship with an impressive eight from 11 points. This allowed him entry into the Russian Championship Super Final in 2011 where he placed second.  A month later Aleksandr Morozevich won the Saratov Governor’s Cup in Russia.

He excelled in team competitions. The Russian team won the gold medal in the Chess Olympiad three times and in 2005, they won the gold in the World Team Championship.

His best game was organized between Ljubojevic, Ljubomir – Morozevich, Alexander which took the second player forty three moves in order to win the match.

He is also very good at blind chess and won the tournament a couple of times. As unpredictable as he is which goes totally against the cool, calm and collected nature of chess players, he will stay a force to be reckoned with for many years. In fact, he is described as one of the top international blind chess players. He has taken part in the Amber blindfold tournaments many times. Every time in the tournament, there were lots of elite chess players, so it was very competitive. He got several achievements in this type of tournament. He was the champion in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 and his scores were 9/11, 8.5/11, 9.5/11 and 6/11 respectively. He got the second prize in 2003, 2005 and 2007 and his scores were 7/11, 6/11 and 7/11 respectively.

Aleksandr Morozevich is a true chess fanatic. He loves playing chess so much that he once mentioned that his greatest fear was to be unable to remember how pieces move when he woke up one day. He also loves reading books about chess. Five favorite books of his are “Manual for beginner”, “Combinations”, “Psycho-analysis of chess play”, “Defeat” and “Winning Pawn Structures”, whose authors are Pozharsky, Blokh, Herbstman, Zagainov and Baburin respectively. He has his unique chess playing style – laid-back, not worrying about what his opponent will do as if he is taking a break.

Aleksandr Grischuk

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. The Russians have always been acclaimed for their dominance in the world of chess. From the great Mikhail Botvinnik and Alexander Alekhine to Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparaov, the chess champions from Russia have always dominated the world. One such Russian champion, though not as the same pedigree as the aforementioned names, happens to be Aleksandr Igorevitch Grichtchouk (or Alexander Igorevich Grischuk).Born in Moscow on the 31st of October 1983, this grand master was taught to play chess by his father at the age of 4. He was then coached by Mikhail Godvinsky till he turned 7 and then until the age of 10, Maxim Blokh took up the reins as a coach. The mentor who truly turned him into a chess champion was Anatoly Bykhovsky. It was under Bykhovsky’s tutelage that he won the title of International Master at the tender age of 14. In his youth, he had the unique distinction of winning the under 10, 12, 14 and the under 16 Russian chess championships but never the World Junior Chess championship. This Russian grand master who specializes in blitz chess has cited many chess greats like Aron Nimzowitsch, Robert James Fischer and Anatoly Karpov as his influences. He is currently ranked 6th in the FIDE world chess rankings and is ranked 2nd in the Russian rankings behind Vladimir Kramnik. Aleksandr Grichtchouk was bestowed the title of Grand Master by the FIDE in the year 2000 at the age of 17. His first international title was the Lausanne Young Masters in the year 2000 and he quickly lapped up that performance by reaching the semi finals of the FIDE world chess championship in the same year and he did all this at a very young age of 16. He was defeated by the eventual runner up of the tournament, Alexey Shirov.

In 2001, Aleksandr Igorevitch stood 2nd in the prestigious Linares International Chess tournament, which is often considered the Wimbledon of chess, behind his compatriot Garry Kasparov who won the tournament with a far greater points tally. He was also a part of the Russian Chess team that won the Gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad during the years 2000 and 2002. While he struggled to over come his Russian compatriots in the normal chess tournaments, he was fast building a reputation as a rapid chess player. Often regarded as one of the best Blitz players in the world, he won his first rapid chess tournament in 2003 at the 10th Ordix open. He won the World Blitz Championship in 2006 and by then had a notorious reputation of finishing matches very quickly, even in the slower formats of chess. Grichtchouk had once famously quoted that all the chess matches must have shorter time frames and that the usual chess formats were quite slow and boring. At this point he was often criticized for his blitzkrieg tactics and was largely regarded as a blitz chess champion who could rarely have an impact in the normal chess realm. He went on to disprove this and proved his pedigree in the 2009 Linares International where he won the tournament by narrowly beating the Ukrainian player Vassily Ivanchuk by seven points. He came second in the following Linares International edition in 2010 behind the Bulgarian Vaselin Topalov, which incidentally happened to be the last Linares tournament ever to be held. 2009 was another great year for the Russian as he won the Russian Chess Championship the same year.The year 2011 however, continued to be a near miss for the Russian as he again stood second in the World Chess Championship behind the eventual winner and compatriot Sergey Karjakin. Gold in 2011 eluded him yet again as he only could manage a Silver in the World Team Chess Championships. The only shining moment of the year 2011 was him winning the individual Gold in the European Team Championship where Russia stood 5th overall.

Aleksandr Grichtchouk won the World Blitz Chess Championship in 2012 which made him the only chess player to have won the prestigious tournament twice. This win totally enhanced his reputation as a Blitz chess player and made him a legend in the Blitz chess circuit. Blitz chess on the other hand has always been looked down upon by the serious chess players. It does not require long hours of concentration like the normal formats and this could be the primary reason why Grichtchouk’s reputation as a serious chess player usually takes a hit. Compared to his esteemed compatriots he is not a well known name in the media. Though this accusation may largely be hearsay his reputation among serious chess followers is huge, considering the fact that he has been in the world top 10 rankings of the FIDE for the past decade, which is no mean feat for a Blitz player. He has won many open tournaments and was also a record holder for the highest rating achieved at the Internet Chess Club. He even won the Amber Blindfold tournament in the year 2010. His most noted game came in 2001 where he beat a top player called Evgeny Bareev in just 17 moves. This goes to show that the Russian is definitely not a one trick pony and at the age of 30, he still is a young player with a long way to go in the world of chess.

In Russia, Aleksandr Igorevitch has continued to live in his birth city of Moscow. His passion for chess moved into his love life as he married the Ukrainian Grand Master Natalia Zhukova, who happens to be a top chess player in her own right. Apart from the world of chess, Grichtchouk happens to be a professional Poker player who has participated in the top poker championships. Born in a family of atheists he claims to be agnostic. When asked if Poker has deteriorated his chess game, Aleksandr Igorevitch simply answered that chess was not the only thing in life. All this definitely adds to the allure of a personality that is.

Wilhelm Steinitz

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below.“Place the contents of the chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet and you get the style of Steinitz” these were the very words of Henry Bird as he described the chess masterWilhelm Steinitz. Wilhelm, who was later to be renamed to William, was a grand Austrian chess player who was famous for unpredictable moves on the checkered board. He reigned undisputed for 8 years (1886-1894) until he lost the title to Emanuel Lasker.

Before he ventured out to create his own chess moves, the Austrian Chess master played by the book for quite a while and used famous moves like the All Out Attack which was famous around the 1850-60’s.It was this particular move that made him win a tournament in 1860. But how did the Austrian chess player rise to such a prestigious position as a chess player? Where did he spark the interest of pursuing chess as a professional career?

The story dates to 1848 when he played his first chess game and actually developed an interest. He continued playing and only when he joined a college in Vienna to study mathematics did he start taking the game seriously. By this time he was in his twenties and he quickly became a force to reckon with while at the college. By 1850 he had already risen to position three in the Vienna Chess Championship, and this motivated him to move to first position by 1860. This is when the All Out Attack worked wonders for him.

Noticing his prowess and ingenuity on the chess board, Wilhelm Steinitz was selected to represent Vienna at the London Chess Tournament in 1862. Though he came sixth in the contest, he received the brilliancy prize for an extraordinary win against Augustus Mongredien. But he was not done yet, he went on to challenge Serafino Dubois to a chess board which he won with less effort. It is at this point that he decided chess playing should become a profession for him.

To challenge someone who had taken a position above you in the London Tournament is definitely new, and perhaps so many people thought he was acting out of ego. However, the Austrian Chess player was in nature a relentless person, in one of his famous quotes he writes “Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery, chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. Only honest, impartial criticism leads to the goal. Unfortunately many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing in him a guide to the truth”.

It is such spirits in him that made him challenge the unbeatable to a match and to prove them wrong.  As he took chess professional, he then embarked on challenging most of the UK best chess players to a match. He summoned the likes of Frederic Deacon and Joseph Henry Blackburne to a match; which he won automatically.

Wilhelm Steinitz was soon known as one of the top chess players in London, such fame that brought him the chance to duel with Adolf Anderssen; a top chess player also in London who had won first place twice at the London International Tournament for chess. This very match with Adolf was recorded in history as one of the toughest he had ever faced. However after gruesome hours of strategy and wit, he came out with an eight win six loss score that saw him scoop the £100. From this point on he was unbeatable in most matches; between the years of 1862-1892, the chess player from Austria always walked away a victor in any match he was in, sometimes with a very big margin at that.

Henry Bird was one of the men who accurately described the true nature of this Austrian chess champion. In his prime years between the 1860’s and the 1870s, the Romantic move which was an all attack move is what won him most matches. However at the peak of 1973, he decided to try out new moves to conquer his opponents. This new position was heavily critiqued at that time and most of the chess players of that time considered it a coward move. But there was one truth about the positional move; it was an aggressive attack strategy that gave him so many advantages in a game.

It was not until 1890 that this self invented move by Wilhelm Steinitz was accepted by chess players of that time. It even became a standard move that was perfected by most of the top players of that time and even the chess players in the present. In fact, the Austrian Chess Champion was once quoted saying “….the players of today, such as Lasker, Tarrasch, Pillsbury, Schlechter and others have adopted my principles, and as is only natural, they have improved upon what I began, and that is the whole secret of the matter.

As much as he was a brilliant player in chess, this self realization at times landed him in trouble. The Austrian chess player most times came out as a proud person and always wanted to prove he was the best. This was not only seen in how he aggressively pushed to challenge the best of the best especially in England. He was always on the move to challenge new chess gurus that he forgot about the financial part of it at some point.

He got into a nasty debt at some point when he lost his old players, who contributed largely to his income, to pursue new arrivals. On the side, he used to write a lot and document the new moves he invented along the way. In his nature, he believed he was the best around and often times he defended his written works against those who tried to critique him. Several times it caused heated debates which at times involved insults that it was later to be named as the Ink War.

Besides playing chess professionally, winning most times, and writing about it, Wilhelm Steinitz also seemed to have a soft spot for America. He was later to change his name to William to fit his new American environment. As to prove his obsession with America, here is a quote from him.

Vladimir Kramnik

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born on June 25, 1975 in a town of Tuapse, Russia. His father was a sculptor and his mother was a teacher. He went to chess school Botvinnik Kasparov for his studies. He read his first book Anatoly Karparov as a result of which he started playing chess at the age of five. Some say he has been god gifted and some believe in his creative skills for his strategies. His vision is so alike from the rest, which makes him the true owner of titles he has been receiving ever since.

His first noteworthy victory was in 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila, where he won a gold medal and confirmed his seat for Russian team. In the year 1995 he became world’s number one rated player. Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik shared the same rating but the latter played more number of games as compared to Kasparov which helped him to reach the position of number one. This record stood for 14 years until Magnus Carlsen in January 2010 broke it!

Kramnik first time received an award: Chess Oscar for his outstanding performance in 2000 World Chess Championship. On Thursday November 2, 2000 he became first 14th World Chess Champion. He was unbeaten in 86 classical games over 18 months up to July 2000.  In 2002 he played eight games against the chess computerdeep fritz in Bahrain. The score was 3-1 for four games. He resigned the fifth and sixth games rest two were ties. In 2004 February he won Tournament of Linares for the first time. In 2004 itself he defeated Hungarian grand master Péter Lékó. Year 2005 can be stated as the crux of his life. Vladimir Kramnik was diagnosed rheumatic arthritis. He was on treatment during which he took a break from the game for six months. He made a comeback in 2006 Chess Olympiad in Tyrin where he scored best individual score.

In the very same year World Chess Title Unification Championship was announced. Vladimir Kramnik was playing against Veselin Topalov. This championship was a controversial one! It all started with the suspicion of frequently usage of toilet by Kramnik. Topalov’s coach thought he has been receiving some sort of assistance from the outside. Kramnik was leading in the first four games by 3-1. Due to this controversy he refused to play the fifth game as a result of which Topalov was awarded points. After twelve regular games match was tied. On 13th October 2006 Kramnik won the rapid tie-break and was once again awarded by Chess Oscar.

 After a significant victory on 30th December 2006 he married in Paris to Marie-Laure Germon, who works as a journalist in Le-Figaro. They got acquainted during an interview. She worked in “debate and opinion” editorial department. Marie was having knowledge about chess and when the newspaper had to publish the article about Kramnik they sent her. That was how they met. From, Marie he bore two children; daughter Daria and son Vadim Vladimirovich.

In September 2007 the World Chess Championship was won by Vishwanathan Anand, Kramnik securing the second position. In 2008 he again played with Anand in Bonn and lost the match. In 2010 he won against Magnus Carlsen but later on he lost the match with Anand which knocked him out of the first place. He was sharing the second position with Alaxie Sherov.

Later on in May 2010 it was exposed that Kramnik aided Vishwanathan Anand in preparation for World Chess Championship 2010 against Veselin Topalov. Anand won the title retaining his position. Kramnik’s attempt to defend his 2009 title at the Tal Memorial in Moscow ended with a 7th place, while he finished 5th in the London Chess Classic in England. Later on in 2012 he was not particularly impressive during the first half, but scored the 6th place at both the Tal Memorial in Moscow and the Dortmund Classical in Germany.
Kranmik has always been realistic and persistent in his approach. He has incredibly molded Opening Theory in Chess. To this Vishwanathan Anand has said “I don’t know exactly how many lines he’s established, but you get the impression that for the last 10 years we’ve only been using his ideas. … His stamp on opening theory is much more significant than mine.”

Once Kramnik admitted in a very popular Russian weekly magazine that besides all the fame and victories he has been acknowledged to he still plays because of the interest and the game. He enjoys his success journey more than the success itself. According to him the difference between winning and losing is very short lived. He believes in his own karma no matter he loses the game or wins it. The basic idea behind every game is to give your best and never get disheartened with results of it.

Kramnik accepts that his style of playing is different from the rest and so he quotes “I’m drawn more towards positional, strategic play rather than tactics. It’s been that way for me since childhood.”  He further tells that his strength is his positional play and gradually outplaying his opponent. He admits the style he owns lies somewhere between Garry Kasparov’s and Anatoly Karparov’s. It is the mix of both.

As he finished school he was already a member of national team he didn’t see a point in getting enrolled into a university. To combine chess with studies was next to impossible for him. Kramnik reveals that it would have been possible to do it just for show, but he would not have been able to give time to his studies in this case. Graduating from university just to have a diploma doesn’t interest him, and the kind of education he might have got is what he has essentially attained.

Kramnik has an ability to play chess without looking at the board. According to him the quality of play now is by no means worse than before. He states that “I think its pure physiology, and with age some things are lost irrevocably.”

Viswanathan Anand

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below.The name Anand means Happiness in Sanskrit. People with this name present idealistic nature and are excellent at analytical skills that require concentration. Viswanathan Anand, five times undisputable world chess champion was born on December 11th, 1969 in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India. His father Viswanathan Iyer retired from being a general manager of the southern Railways and his mother was a house wife, influential socialite and chess player. He also has both elder brother and sister. He learned to play chess when he was six years old which his mother Susheela Viswanathan who not only introduced him into chess but nurtured his interest and supported him to pursue his passion. He was first noticed at local chess club by his rapid playing speed which made him recognized as a “Lightning kid”. He later became the first player in world chess history to have won the World Championship in knockout, tournament, and match formats and also the rapid time control tournament, World rapid chess championship in 2003. During his childhood his family moved to Philippines briefly in late 70s.In pursuit of following his interest in playing chess and advancing his skills, he started solving chess puzzles for daily TV show aired on Philippine’s national channel. With his mother’s help and support, he won almost all the prizesto the extent; they have contacted him to request him not to participate anymore so others will have a chance of winning the game. Soon after when his family moved back to Chennai where he grew up, he became India’s first Grandmaster (GM) in 1988after winning the Shakti Finance International chess tournament at the age of eighteen.

In spite of the fact that he was recognized in the Indian chess world at very young age of fourteen when he won the National Sub-Junior chess championship in 1983 with perfect score of nine out of nine. Then he became the youngest Asian winning the title of International Master in the following year 1984, he then had to play several years of challenging sequence of knockout matches in order to become five times World chess champion.

When he qualified for his first Candidates tournament in 1993 he lost in quarterfinal to Anatoly Karpov of Russia, and then again losing quarter final match to GataKamsky, Soviet born American in 1995.During this period his patience, determination and perseverance to win finally made him World Chess Championship in 2000 at age of thirty-one by defeating Alexei Shirov of Russia in the final match of knockout tournament.

In the following years of his career he won the title of World chess champion no less than four more times in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012.

In the 2012 World chess championship tournamentwas held and he did not only win the championship but played the shortest game in the history of the World chess championship event by finishing his 8th game in only 17 moves against Boris Gelfand of Israel. The game was held in Tretyakov gallery, Moscow from 10th to 30th May.  He defended the title, having gained it in 2007, against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008 and Veselin Topalov in 2010.

He lost his place of World chess champion in 2013 to Magnus Carlsen of Norway. It was held on November from 9th to 22nd in Chennai, India. After playing successful rounds defeating his opponents in the 2014 tournaments he recently participated in. Carlsen and Anand will have a re-match against each other in November at the final match of World chess championship 2014.

Nanda is one of the very few people who have been awarded the most civilian honors in India including the highest sporting award rajiv Gandhi Knelratna in1991, youngest recipient of Pdma Shri award for his achievements in chess (sport). Also he was awarded third civilian honour padma Bhushan for his service to the Indian Nation in 2000 after winning the world chess championship

Not only in India has Anand been awarded the highest civilian award, Jameo de oroâin in Spain where he lives with his family, wife Aruna and son akhil. Regardless of all his Achievement and all the awards he has been receipted of, Anand has always been focused on his game and an active supporter of any potential rising young talent to take after him and his successors.

His life as a chess player is remarkable being among one of the four players in history to break 2800 rating mark and continues to be a top performer since 1997. His success started early in life, in 1983 he had won the national junior championship at 14 years. At the age of 16 years he participated in India national championship tournament which he took the title.  He became India’s first grandmaster when he was 18 years. He has received many awards including; Arjuna for outstanding sportsman in chess in 1985, Padma Shri, National citizens awards and soviet land Nehru award in 1987,india heist sporting award hournor in the year 1991-1992,Padma Bhushan in 2000 and British chess federation ’book of the year’ award in 1998. He won the Oscars in the year 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2004 which are awards for the best chess player in the year after worldwide polls.

He will be receiving his Doctorate after a controversy had occurred over his citizenship. His Nationality is India even after staying in Spain for some time. Ministry of Human Resource Development in The Country apologized for the embracement. He holds Bachelors of commerce from Loyola College, Chennai. Foundation for promoting and supporting young talent is one of the organizations he is involved with, being in the board of directors. On social media he is known as; tweeter vishy64theking and facebook is known as Viswanathan Anand.  In his free time he likes to read, swim and listen to music.  He has also written books on chess that help reader understand chess and learn chess effectively. Viswanathan is committed and focused with his daily life and especially when he is playing chess and this has earned a lot of respect and honor from funs and the players.

Veselin Topalov

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. Located in the Northeastern part of Bulgaria is Rousse, the fifth largest city of the country. It is also known as “The Small Vienna”. From this City, hails the Chess Champion who has brought so much pride and honor to the Bulgarians, especially to the people of Rousse. He was born on March 15, 1975. At an early age, Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov was already exposed to the world of Chess. His father taught him how to play chess when he was only eight years old and since then, he has shown his interest and expertise in playing chess. The difficulties he has experienced as a child was not a hindrance for him to prove his interest in playing chess and be called a chess genius. When he was only 12 years old, Silvio Danailov became his guardian and took him to stay and live in his house. Silvio Danailov, who was also a good chess player, gave up his ambition and instead, he took care of the little chess genius where he finance and pay for all his needs. Aside from being his guardian, trainer and coach,  Silvio Danailov also became his parents who gave him financial and moral support.

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov was then only 12 years old when Silvio Danailov placed him in his custody and care where he can give his full concentration to train and groom him. In 1989, his ability to play chess was tested; he joined the World Under-14 Championship held in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, where he made his first important achievement as a chess player by winning the said competition. Another competition, which brought additional colors to his name as a chess genius was held in 1990 in Singapore. He won a silver medal in the World Under-16 Championship. After two years, he finally got the title of “Grandmaster”. Because of his remarkable achievements in chess, he was chosen as the leader of the Bulgarian National Team in 1994 where they joined the Chess Olympiad held in Moscow. His name became a byword to the entire chess enthusiast. He won all the games he played in different tournaments all over the world. The year 2005 brings another great victory to the Chess Grandmaster by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship held in Potrero de Los Funes, San Luis, Argentina. The tournament started September 27 to October 16, 2005 where famous chess players around the world participated. Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov great victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship gave another honor and pride to his country. After the great success he has made from winning FIDE or Federation Internationale des Eches (the International Chess Federation) World Chess Championship, he ranked number one from April 2006 to January 2007, however, some chess experts who got higher ELO rating compared to what he got replace him as the number one in rank player. However, in October 2008, he regains his number one rank until January 2010. Every Player of every game should accept the fact that for every game played, the player has only two choices to make; to win the game or to lose the game. The “Chess Grandmaster” was not spared of the choices because he lost the World Chess Championship 2010 to Viswanathan Anand. The championship match was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. After several more games, which gave good results, he automatically qualifies to play in the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012. Once again, the Chess Grandmaster has proven his extraordinary talent and ability to play chess by making it to the top in the World Chess Championship 2012.Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov made another history in the field of chess when he emerged as the winner of the 2013 Renovo Grand Prix in Zug. The achievement he made in winning the Renova Grand Prix manifest his grand comeback in the chess world. He was then one of the top 5 best players in the world. He was given an award of the 11th Oscar for the FIDE World championship by the Russian Chess Magazine. As a Chess Grandmaster and geniuses, he was not spared of controversy and any problems. In one of his games with Vladimir Kramnik, his manager Silvio Danailov suspected that the games played by Vladimir Kramnik and the Grandmaster have some irregularities while the game is going on. He made a press release announcing his suspicion that said irregularities occurs or happens when Vladimir Kramnik went to the private bathroom. Silvio Danailov alleges that Kramnik uses computer assistance and he did it every time he visited the toilet.  Because of this, Silvio Danailov requested that using of the private room should be stopped. The Appeals Committee agreed and ruled the closure of the restrooms and instead, a shared private room must be put up for players use.

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov Considers playing chess as a game that can help develop or improved concentration and focus of the person. He also considers playing chess as a form of recreation and entertainment. His style of playing has caught the attention of many people, especially people who likes and understand the game. Chess is a game that needs focus and concentration. The player has to think fast and make a fast move. The “Grandmasters” style in playing chess becomes popular, however, after his championship game with Vladimir Kramnik in the World Championship Match 2006, his popularity with his fans was affected. But in spite of what happened, the name of the great Grandmaster will never be forgotten; he will always have a special place in the hearts and mind of every chess lover and enthusiast. Last September to October 2005, the Grandmaster played in eight-player, double round robin FIDE World Chess Championship in San Luis, Argentina. The result of this game has encouraged the combination of the FIDE World Title and the Classical Chess World Title. It was encouraged by the chess community. The FIDE president then announced the reunification match of Kramnik and the Grandmaster in September to October 2006.

Vasily Smyslov

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. He was born in the town of Moscow, Russia (1921). Just like most of the chess world champions who precede him, he was introduced to the game at a very young age of 6. Vasily Smyslov learnt all he could about chess by playing with his father as well as reading lots of books on the game in his father’s library. At a very young age, his interest for chess was sparked and though he tried his luck at singing at the opera, and failed at the Bolshoi auditions, his destiny was bound in becoming one of the grandmasters of chess.

His father Osipovich Smylsov was a trained engineer-technician and also played professional chess at the side by representing the college he taught in at the inter-college chess competitions. Besides playing, his father also did a lot of studying on chess to perfect his art of playing. So it goes without saying that this young Russian boy was a definite chip from the old block. Of the many books he read, one book that he always referred to was Alexander Alekhine’s ‘My Best Games of Chess (1908-1923)’.

By age 14 he was already competing in one classification tournament after another.  By the age of 17, Vasily Smyslov took the lead in the USSR chess tournament for junior level. That very year he proceeded to play at the Moscow City Championship where he tied with our junior champs at the 1st and 2nd positions. With a win of 121/2 out of a possible 17, the junior chess champ felt he could now try his luck at the table of men. He tried out adult chess at the Leningrad Chess Tournament in 1939. This field was really strong for the young Russian player and he took the 12th and 13th positions after competing with other champs. This never deterred him, he continued to play adult chess at the Moscow Championship of between 1939 and 1940 and finally took the 2nd and 3rd place with a whooping 9 wins out of 13.

Then it was time to enter the adult chess waters fully and he did saw when he played in the real USSR Chess Championship in Moscow. His performance was astounding finishing in at 3rd place with a great 13/19 score. His win was also way ahead of the then Russian champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Given that this was one of the strongest tournaments in Soviet history, it gave him quite of an ego boost to pursue other tougher grounds and play more reigning champions.

1940 was another defining moment for him as he was selected to play at the Absolute USSR Chess Championship. Only six top players were selected and he was privileged to meet chess gurus like Isaac Boleslavsky, Botvinnik, Igor Bondarevsky, Keres and Andor Lilienthal. Once more he impressed the Russian crowd by scoring 10 out of 20 which placed him third after Keres and Botvinnick. He had made his mark finally as a promising upcoming Grandmaster of chess at only the age of 20.

World War II disrupted things a little nevertheless the promising Grandmaster continued to play in tournaments and winning. He played the Moscow championship again which he won in 1942. This was a performance that went down in history as the most powerful for the gentleman since he scored a clean 12 out of 15. His skill had perfected and when he played another strong chess fields held in Kuibyshev and Sverdlovsk.  In 1934, he scored a clean 11.5 out of 16 while later on in 1944, in the same USSR Chess Championship, he scored a 10.5 out of 16. Later on in 1945, when signs of the war ending could be seen, he played once more in the Moscow Championship and became the champion with a clean 13 out of 16.

As the war came to a close, Vasily Smyslov was already recognized as one of the top three distinguished chess player in Soviet Russia. When the tournaments began to pick again word went out that his playing form was subsiding and this was seen in the 1945 USSR Championship when he came out with a 8½   out of 17 plays. Botvinnick had taken the title again while Boleslavsky and a new comer David Bronstein took the second and third positions. Later on that year he played another tournament in Tallinn and this is where his form was with no doubt deteriorated; he scored a shocking 7 ½ out of 15 and managed to secure a tie at the 7th and 11th places.

Despite these shaky performances, his career is recorded as one of the most amazing in the history of championship chess. He was privileged to be summoned in 1948 to be part of the players who were going to compete for the position of World Champion after Alexander Alekhine’s demise. The choice of Vasily Smyslov as one of the contestants was highly questioned by some people, however he managed to silence them by finishing second place after Mikhai Botvinnick took the title.

This remarkable performance at the world chess championship earned him a free ticket to the Budapest Tournaments for candidates; he didn’t need to go through the qualifying matches. He came out with a clean 10 out of 18 earning him the third position in the tournament. This win put him into the next candidate tournament which saw him being awarded the title of International Grandmaster by the FIDE organization; in 1950.

The reign for World Champion was one that he had to fight for several times. After winning another Candidate Tournament in Amsterdam (1956) he proceeded to a tough match against the then champion Botvinnik in 1957. He was aided by two experts who were training him; Vladimir Simagin and Makogonov Vladimir. Through their coaching he defeated Botvinnick to his game with a 12 ½ against a 9 ½ score.

Botvinnick didn’t like these results and he later on challenged rematch and reclaimed his title by a close 12 ½ to 10 1/2. Despite this loss, Vasily Smyslov was content that he had taken the 7th position in the world as the best chess player.

Tigran Petrosian

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. He was born Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian in June 17 1929 and of Soviet Armenian parents. He had his own nickname in the chess world, the Iron Tigran; this was because once you sat with him on a chess table, you had to think hard and smart if you wanted to penetrate his defensive plays.

In his humble begins as a boy, he was an avid reader and loved studying like his siblings Hmayak and Vartoosh. He was introduced to chess at the age of eight though his father never saw any future in the game or it ever being a career his son could successfully pursue. So naturally he discouraged him from day one. Though his family was a simple one, they were happy together up until the World War II when he lost both his parents to the war.

Life then became tragic for him as he had to sweep streets in order to make enough money to eat. He also started developing a hearing problem which was to affect him for the rest of his life. However, despite this harsh progression of his early life, he refused to give up on two things he loved the most; reading books and playing chess.

With the little money he managed to save from his sweeping job, Tigran Petrosian bought himself a book on chess, Chess Praxis, which had been published by a grandmaster from Denmark, Aron Nimzowitsch. There was so much to learn from this book that even he himself admitted in his later years. His thirst to read grew and it saw him buy a second book The Art of Sacrifice in Chess written by a chess veteran turned author Rudolf Spielmann. These two men were highly vocal in training him as a young boy alongside watching another great chess player, Jose Raul Capablanca.

At twelve years of age, the upcoming top chess player joined the Tiflis Palace for Pioneers. He got this chance from a supportive Archil Ebralidze who was a great supporter of players like Jose Raul Capablanca. He enjoyed how such players used a scientific approach to playing chess which created a clearer tactic line. This is what this young chess player had to learn from and he worked had to try and create such concrete positional openings to defeat his opponent; all the while not forgetting to put his defensive nature in the game as well.

One of the great defensive tactics Tigran Petrosian loved to use is the Caro-Kann defense tactic. This was one of the tricks in his sleeves that he used to defeat a Soviet Champion Salo Flohr who was then visiting the Palace of Pioneers. It was not long before the Iron Chess Player started conquering in tournaments. In 1946, he got his first recognition as Candidate Master after winning in a Candidate’s Chess Tournament. That same year he play Paul Keres, a renown Grandmaster, in the Georgian Chess Championship. He then travelled to Yerevan where he proceeded to play at the Armenian Chess Championship and won immensely. Next was the USSR Junior Chess Championship which he also took first place. From Candidate Master, he graduated to the full title of Master after making an appearance in the 1947 held USSR Chess Championship. He was not able to make it to the finals in the tournament; nevertheless he had already made a name for himself as a master.

He went back to the drawing line, train more on his skills and improve where he failed. As usual, he started reading another chess book, this time around written by the Grandmaster Nimzowitsch dubbed My System. He then knew that his performance improvement depended on playing stronger fields, which then prompted him to move to Moscow.

His choice of moving paid off when he showed remarkable improvement at the Soviet Tournaments held around 1949. He took second place when playing at the Soviet championship in 1951 which landed him the prestigious title of International Master. This is the very tournament where he faced the World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik.

Like most chess champions in their career, he also started getting a few hitches on his plays. In the play with Botvinnik, he had a slow start which almost saw him lose but was quick to defend through adjournments until he managed a draw. This very play earned him a spot in the Interzonal chess tournaments where he finally got his accomplished title as Grandmaster of chess. The Interzonal Stockholm tournament saw him qualify further for the Candidates Tournaments which saw him become fifth overall. This was in the year 1953.

However after experts analyzed his plays over the years, they realized a tendency to remaining stagnant at the same spot and not moving to greater wins. Whenever he met a weak opponent, Tigran Petrosian would make sure they score a draw so he can retain his title as the grandmaster. He saw no need to improve his game plays so he could advance. This is the iconic point where the nickname Iron Tigran was coined; he was an expert in defensive plays and was not that easy to break.

His defensive play came all out when playing the USSR Tournament of 1955. Even though he won overall in the 19 games played, he only won in 4 of them and maintained a draw in the rest. Though he saved his skin from defeat, his public audience started to get bored by his games. The stagnant nature of his play became all too predictable and was even ridiculed in print media.

This is when he decided to break from his comfort zone and play real chess. In the 1957 USSR Chess Championship, he managed to gain 7 wins and 4 losses in the 21 games played. He only drew 10 of them this time around. The Soviet chess faculty began to appreciate him once more and this was the motivation he needed that fueled him to win the USSR Championship of 1959.

Tigran Petrosian will go down in history as the chess player who had a solid defense to his game that few could break.

Rustam Qosimjonov Kasimdzhanov

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below.He is from Uzbekistan born in Tashkent on December 5th 1979. He is currently married to Firuza Kasimdzhanov and with two children, and they currently reside in Germany. They are Russians in their origin. Raised by his Parents who were from Uzbek Ethnic introduced him to playing chess. He spent all his early life in Soviet Union. The first time noticed as world chess player was in 1999 after winning the world junior championship. At an early age he had participated in playing local game showing grate skills and talent. He is a Uzbekistani chess grand master. He has won many challenges his best championships include Asian championship which was in 1998, world junior championship in 1999 and the FIDE world chess championship in 2004. He has faced many grandmasters including: Garry Kasparov, Veselin Topalov, Alexanda Grischuk, vassily Ivan chuk and Michael Adams. The number of games that he has played in the FIDE data base is 1,175 from the year 1991 to 2014 with a rating of 2690 (last FIDE rating). His highest rating in the database which he achieved was 2709.

The FIDE world championship title marked the pick of his carrier. It was held in Tripoli Libya, he faced strong competitors to the finale where he played with Garr Kasparov. In the game they had both won two games; he became the champ after winning with black and drawing the next game. In other championships that Rustam has participated and won are many since he started playing chess. In this year2014 he has had few matches which was in the month of January. The year 2013 he played in the Bundesliga (2012). Kasimdzhanov played 7 games against great players.  In 2012 he played in the 28th European club cup where he played against, Dizdarevic, Riazantsev, morozevich, A Kocheev, V malakhov, Z stojcevski, and J kytoniemi. He won all the games except against morozevich and Malakhov which he tied. In the same year he participated in the Bundesliga. There were 4 matches, he won 2 games and tied the rest. In the year 2011 he also participated in the Bundesliga (2011) games. He had 10 matches winning 5 games and tied 5 games. . The year 2010 he participated in men rapid event and won gold in Asian games which was held in Guangzhou, China. The year 2009 was a major year in group b in the Corus tournament. He participated in the game which was with tough competitors. 2008 Olympiad he played 9 games but he tied more games than the won. In the same he had played the Ordix open (2008). He played 10 matches and only had 3 ties. The previous year, 2007 it was the Corsica Masters (2007). Rustam participated and played 10 matches losing two to Karpov and Nakamura. He only won 5 games. In the same year he played in the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament. He had also played Corsica masters in 2006 and he won with a knockout. He won against Anand in the defense on the FIDE world championship tournament. In the 2004 he had two challenges that he participated, Pune SuperGM and 36th Olympiad. The Pune Super GM tournament had 9 matches and he won 6 of them. Bled Olympiad of year2002 he also participated. he won the classical, against Victor korchnoia and Julian Borowski-A in  the same year. His previous success included the Asian championship which was in 1998 and world junior championship which he came second place in 1999.  These were the tournaments that he participated and noted. The world championship that he challenged are in the year 2001,2004 and 2005. In the year 2001 in Moscow he participated in the FIDE world championship tournament knockout. Making 69 moves he had a tie with N Vlassov in the first and won the second game making 51 moves. The second Fide world championship knockout tournament that he participated was in 2004. It was held in Tripoli, Libya. Rustam Kasimdzhanov was 24 years of age and he won against Ramirez, Ivanchuk, Almasi, Grischuk, Topalov, Ghaem-Maghamia and final Adams there by becoming new FIDE world chess champion. In Argentina the 2005 he was to defend the title in the FIDE world championship tournament. He lost the championship to Veselin Topalov.

Apart from just competing he is also a good teacher, his ideas and explanations are easy to understand. People have expressed their opinion in Rustam Qosimjonov Kasimdzhanov reporting that he is humble, kind and nice. Besides being a superb player is also a prolific writer about the strategies, techniques and how to make the best moves to win over your match. He is not outspoken person and has not appeared in the media with very few interviews. He has two children who he spent a lot of time when he is at home. His wife Firuza has appeared in some magazine and portrayed as friendly and soft spoken. You can also find him on the social media platforms especially facebook and tweeter where he has many followers. These sites mainly report on match days and the summary of chess games played. Most of the games he participated without a trainer because he thinks it would be easier to concentrate and focus on the chess alone. Petrosian has been his favorite chess player and studying his game helped him. Rustam spent most of his childhood practicing and playing chess on different levels and tournaments thus developed as a career. His income is from both his career as a chess player and as a writer. He also gives lectures on chess and travels alone living his wife to take care of his children. He attends local chess clubs to practice and perfect his skills. In a recent interview conducted he expressed his desire to give up to fighting for higher tournaments, that he has left it for the other younger generation. The next tournament which will be on 14th November 2014 is full of strong competitors and he is making efforts to meet stronger challenges.