Vitaliy Valeryevich Tseshkovsky ( September 25, 1944 , Omsk - December 24, 2011 , Krasnodar [1] ) - Soviet and Russian chess player , grandmaster ( 1975 ). Two-time champion of the USSR (1978, 1986).
 Vitaly V. Tseshkovsky | |
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 In 1973 | |
| Countries |  USSR →  Russia |
| Date of Birth | September 25, 1944 |
| Place of Birth | Omsk |
| Date of death | December 24, 2011 (67 years old) |
| A place of death | Krasnodar , Russia |
| Rank | grandmaster ( 1975 ) international master ( 1973 ) USSR Master of Sports ( 1965 ) |
| Maximum rating | 2600 (October 2005) |
| Personal card on the Chess DB website | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Sports Achievements
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
- 5 notes
Biography
Vitaly Tseshkovsky was born in Omsk (his ancestors lived in Volyn ).
He received the title of international master in 1973 and the title of international grandmaster in 1975. His highest tournament achievements are victories (1st place) at tournaments in Leipzig (1975), Dubna (1976), Yerevan (1980), Banje Luka (1981), Sochi (1981) and Minsk (1982). He shared the victory with Mikhail Tal at the 46th USSR Chess Championship (1978), and became the winner at the 53rd USSR Championship (1986). He defeated several world champions: Vasily Smyslov at the Moscow Spartakiad in 1974, Mikhail Tal in Sochi in 1970, and young Garry Kasparov at the USSR Championship in 1978.
Tseshkovsky took fourth place in the interzonal tournament in Manila (1976), one place lower than what was needed to continue the struggle for world championship. At the 27th Chess Olympiad in 1986, he scored 2½ points and helped the USSR team win a gold medal.
In the 1990s, Tseshkovsky coached the future world champion Russian Vladimir Kramnik .
Winner of the European Cup among clubs in 1996 in the Itil team (Kazan).
He died in Krasnodar suddenly from an acute heart attack during a chess game on December 24, 2011 . He was buried on the Walk of Fame of the Slavic cemetery in Krasnodar. [2]
Sporting Achievements
| Year | City | Tournament | + | - | = | Result | A place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Kharkiv | 35th USSR Championship | 7 | 5 | one | 7½ of 13 | 27-40 |
| 1968/69 | Alma-ata | 36th USSR Championship | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 from 19 | 4-5 |
| 1974 | Leningrad | 42nd USSR Championship | 3 | four | 8 | 7 from 15 | 10-11 |
| 1976 | Moscow | 44th USSR Championship | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6½ of 17 | 16-17 |
| Manila | 10th Interzonal Tournament | 8 | 3 | 8 | 12 of 19 | four | |
| 1978 | Tbilisi | 46th championship of the USSR | 6 | one | 10 | 11 from 17 | 1-2 |
| 1979 | Minsk | 47th USSR Championship | one | 7 | 9 | 5½ out of 17 | 17-18 |
| Riga | 11th Interzonal Tournament | 5 | four | 8 | 9 from 17 | 8-10 | |
| 1980/81 | Vilnius | 48th USSR Championship | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9½ out of 17 | 6-9 |
| 1981 | Frunze | 49th USSR Championship | four | 5 | 8 | 8 from 17 | 10-13 |
| 1986 | Kiev | 53rd USSR Championship | 6 | one | 10 | 11 from 17 | one |
| 1987 | Minsk | 54th USSR Championship | one | 7 | 9 | 5½ out of 17 | 17-18 |
| 1994 | Elista | 47th championship of Russia | 3 | one | 7 | 6½ out of 11 | 7-15 |
| 2003 | Krasnoyarsk | 56th championship of Russia | four | 2 | 3 | 5½ out of 9 | 11-19 |
| 2004 | Moscow | 57th championship of Russia | one | 6 | 3 | 2½ out of 10 | eleven |
Literature
- Roshal A. And resentment is overcome. // "64 - Chess Review." - 1986. - No. 11. - S. 2-4.
- Suetin A. “A Tasty Chess Player”. // "64 - Chess Review." - 1994. - No. 15-16. - S. 58-60.
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 446-447. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
Links
- The life and death of a grandmaster
- Kramnik's story about Tseshkovsky posted on the Russian Chess Federation website
- Tseshkovsky - Kasparov. Championship of Russia, Moscow, 2004
- The last batch of V. Tseshkovsky
- Tenth World Champion mourns for Vitaly Tseshkovsky
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky's personal card on the FIDE website
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky's games in the database
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky's personal card on 365Chess
- Olimpbase
- Chess Knight
Notes
- ↑ Vitaly Valeryevich Tseshkovsky passed away Archived on January 20, 2013.
- ↑ Last move of Vitaly Tseshkovsky