Tabanus: GM Pavel Kotsur, Kazakhstan, born 3 January 1974. Now rated 2568, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...IM in 1993. GM in 1996. Rated 2607 in July 2004. FIDE Arbiter 2009. ICC: Pashket
Played in the olympiads 1994 (board 3), 1996 (1st reserve), 1998 (bd. 3), 2000 (bd. 1), 2002 (bd. 1) and 2008 (bd. 2, 6.5/10), Asian Team Ch 1995 (bd. 3), 1999 (bd. 2) and 2003 (bd. 2), and in World Team Ch 1997 (board 1).
Kazakhstani vice champion 2002 (and more?). Knocked out in 1st round of FIDE World Ch four times (1999, 2002, 2004 and 2005).
Placed 4th in Kazakhstan Ch 2003, 2nd (shared) in Abu Dhabi Masters 2003, 1st in Kaz/Uzb Zonal 2003, 6th in Piloo Mody Open (India) Oct. 2004, 10th in Abu Dhabi Open Aug. 2005, 4th in ONGC Cup (India) March 2006, 2nd in in Kazakhstan Ch Aug. 2006, 11th in Dubai Open April 2007, 1st in Pavlodar Open (Kazakhstan) Dec. 2007, 34th in Moscow Open A Feb. 2009,
3rd in Parsvnath Open 14-22 Jan. 2010:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293...
Biographies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_...
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C... (in Polish)
Pictures:
http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen20...
http://www.chessbase.de/2005/dubai/...
http://iulianceausescu.files.wordpr...