Andrei Nikolaevich Ivanov (born February 5, 1960 , Kaluga ) - Soviet Russian athlete ( Russian drafts ). Winner of the USSR championship in Russian drafts (1989), champion of the RSFSR (1986), three-time winner of the USSR Cup in the Russian team (1983, 1989, 1992).
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| Full name | Andrey Nikolaevich Ivanov |
| A country |  the USSR  Russia |
| Specialization | Russian checkers |
| Date of Birth | February 5, 1960 (59 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Kaluga |
| Sports career | until 1992 |
| Trainers | B. Oxman (1978) N. Abatiev |
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Play career
On his own website, Andrey Ivanov writes about the beginning of his journey in checkers: “I remember how many I remember myself, all the time I played.” By the age of five, he already knew the rules and played checkers with his grandmother, becoming the winner of the kindergarten drafts tournament [1] . After his enthusiasm for athletics in high school, he returned to drafts and in 1974 completed the first and second grades in drafts [2] , and in 1978 he won the bronze medal in the RSFSR Junior Championship. At the same time, he began training with B. M. Oksman [3] , who allowed him not only to win the 1978 RSFSR Adult Championship final, but also to take third place in it, receiving the title of Master of Sports . Later, Grandmaster Nikolai Abatsiyev became the tutor for Ivanov - at that time he was the senior drafts coach of the USSR Armed Forces [4] .
During the years of military service, Ivanov won the 1980 All-Army tournament in Russian drafts, and a year later in Sevastopol won the title of vice-champion of the Armed Forces of the USSR. In 1983 he became the champion of the USSR in drafts as part of the Russian national team [5] , several times got into the final of the individual championship of the USSR [6] , won prizes, however, without becoming a grandmaster without becoming, and in 1986 won the individual championship of the RSFSR in Makhachkala [5] . In 1989, at the USSR Championship, Ivanov made the fifth time in his career from the qualifying Swiss tournament to the finals, where the strongest shashishists of the country played in a round robin. At the same time, he achieved this result in the rank of the sole leader of the selection, gaining 6.5 points in nine games, in the absence of Alexander Schwartzman, having surpassed former world champion Kandaurov by half a point and full-time pursuers- grandmasters Markiel Fazylov , Rakhunov and Abatsiyev. In the final tournament, he allowed himself to catch up with Kandaurov for the third round, but he did not let any of the other competitors close, but with Kandaurov he was in sync until the very end, winning micro -matches over the 15-year-old Belarusian SSR champion and Estonian Arno Uutma . As a result, the first place was awarded to him, along with Kandaurov, without regard to additional indicators or the match for the individual championship [7] .
Ivanov recalled that he was severely disappointed with the reaction of the Kaluga sports bosses, who noted the champion title of countryman with a diploma and a prize of 90 rubles, while in other regions for such an achievement it was possible to improve housing conditions or get a permanent salary increase. Just two years after winning the champion title, Ivanov parted with active drafts performances and went into business [6] , having managed, however, to win the USSR team championship (1989 and 1992) with the Russian team twice [5] . Only in 2005, he returned to checkers, traveling to the World Cup in Brazil as a coach Kandaurova [8] .
He lives in Kaluga .
Gennady Imas, in the style of Ivanov, notes "a clear assessment of the position and outstanding overall skill in the positional game." Ivanov was a reliable player, able to defend himself in difficult positions and not risking more than necessary, therefore he rarely lost [6] . He himself quotes the joke of his friend Kandaurov: “Ivanov has not lost for several years. True, it does not win either ” [9] . Ivanov’s extreme practicality behind the checkerboard already in 1978, at the beginning of his career, was noted by the master of sports Igor Kolodyazhny, specifying, however, that in everyday life Andrey was at that time “rather frivolous young man, however quite contact and friendly” [10] . The website "Checkers in Russia" writes that Ivanov was supposedly a record holder of the USSR in terms of the length of a series of win-win games - about 300 in more than two years [11] .
Notes
- ↑ Kindergarten Neopr . Andrey Ivanov about himself, drafts and checkers (March 31, 2010). The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ School . Andrey Ivanov about himself, drafts and checkers (March 31, 2010). The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ Junior Tournaments . Andrey Ivanov about himself, drafts and checkers (March 31, 2010). The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ Voucher to Sportotro . Andrey Ivanov about himself, drafts and checkers (March 31, 2010). The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Check postcards: Andrey Ivanov . Academy of chess and checkers art. The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gennady Imas. Andrei Ivanov is 55! Checkers in Kaluga and the region. The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ M. Bolotovsky. Two + two = three (ending) // Checkers. - 1990. - № 4 . - pp . 1-3 .
- ↑ Instead of a preface . Andrey Ivanov about himself, drafts and checkers (March 30, 2010). The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ My Finals . Andrey Ivanov about himself, drafts and checkers (March 31, 2010). The appeal date is June 17, 2015.
- ↑ I. Kolodyazhny. Meet Andrei Ivanov // Intellectual games. - 1991. - № 1. - p. 32-33.
- ↑ Happy Birthday to Andrey Ivanov! (February 6, 2006). The appeal date is June 18, 2015.
Links
- Personal site
- Check postcards: Andrei Ivanov . Academy of chess and checkers art. The appeal date is June 17, 2015.