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Andrey Esipenko was born on the 22nd of March 2002 in the Rostov region. He made his first steps in chess during his childhood in Rostov-on-Don, where he was trained by N. Petrushina, E. Khliyan, and A. Kornukov. His breakthrough came in 2012, when Andrey began to train with grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin. Esipenko won a medal at the Russian Youth Championship and triumphed at the European Youth ...
As one of the strongest players in his country, Bogoljubov attended international tournaments like the German Chess Championship. During that tournament, World War I broke out and, alongside with other Russian players like Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Rabinovich and Romanovsky, he was taken prison.
Friday, February 27, the opening ceremony of the 21st International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2026" took place in the Central Chess Club named after Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow. Pianist Ivan Bessonov, the first Russian winner of the Eurovision Musicians competition and first‑prize laureate of the Sergei Rachmaninov International Competition, performed masterpieces of the world classical ...
On the International Children's Day, which is celebrated on 1 June, the Velvet Seasons hotel complex at the Sirius Federal Territory of Krasnodar Krai hosted the opening ceremony of the final stage of the Open All-Russian chess competition Belaya Ladya (White Rook) among teams of general education organisations, as well as the final stage of the second All-Russian Chess Field competition among ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Chess Federation announced Oct. 22 that it is investigating Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik for comments he ...