ALEXANDER RIAZANTSEV (born Sep-12-1985, 39 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Grandmaster. Came 2nd in the 2008 Moscow Open. Riazantsev qualified for the World Cup (2011) by coming 21st (on tiebreak) in the European Championship (2011) he scored 7.5/11. In the first round he defeated Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein, but lost in the 25 minutes rapid-game tiebreaker of the second round to compatriot GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. His strong result (7.5/11) at the European Championship (2012) qualified him for the World Cup (2013), but in an upset, he lost in the first round to Argentine GM Ruben Felgaer and was eliminated from the tournament. Placed outright 2nd in the powerful 67th Moscow Blitz Championship (2013) with 13.5/19, a point behind the outright winner Sergey Karjakin. Won team silver playing board 6 for Malachite in the European Club Cup (2013). Riazantsev was the clear winner of the Russian Championship Superfinal (2016) with 7/11, ahead of Alexander Grischuk, Evgeny Tomashevsky, and Peter Svidler. Riazantsev was one of the world's top Juniors (U20) and peaked as a Junior in January 2004 when he was ranked #14 in the world. In July 2006, he became one of the top 100 ranked players in the world when his rating reached 2622, and has remained a top 100 player for most of the time since. His peak rating to date was 2720 in July 2012 when he was ranked #27 in the world, which is his peak ranking to date. Riazantsev is one of Grischuk's seconds and has a PhD in Biology. He was also coach of the women's team Yugra. Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/riazantsev_... Wikipedia article: Alexander Riazantsev (chess player) Last updated: 2024-09-13 07:43:00

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page 1 of 66; games 1-25 of 1,628  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Riazantsev vs Navara   1-0 47 1995 EU-ch U10 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. G Guseinov vs A Riazantsev   0-1 32 1995 Ch Europe A57 Benko Gambit 3. A Riazantsev vs I Cheparinov   1-0 22 1995 EU-ch U10 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 4. G Antal vs A Riazantsev   1-0 22 1995 Ch Europe C19 French, Winawer, Advance 5. A Riazantsev vs A Kornev   ½-½ 46 1995 Moscow op2 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 6. Y Kolobov vs A Riazantsev   0-1 30 1995 Moscow op2 C01 French, Exchange 7. A Riazantsev vs E Najer   0-1 65 1995 Moscow op2 A50 Queen's Pawn Game 8. J Ulko vs A Riazantsev   1-0 37 1995 Moscow op2 A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 9. A Riazantsev vs I Moizhess   ½-½ 19 1995 Moscow op2 E20 Nimzo-Indian 10. D Batsanin vs A Riazantsev   1-0 36 1995 Moscow op2 B01 Scandinavian 11. Grischuk vs A Riazantsev   1-0 59 1995 Moscow op2 C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 12. A Riazantsev vs G Guseinov   0-1 35 1995 Moscow op2 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. V Radomsky vs A Riazantsev   1-0 68 1995 Moscow op2 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 14. S Ivashko vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 42 1996 Moscow Open Championship E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 15. V V Khromov vs A Riazantsev   0-1 36 1996 Moscow Open Championship E90 King's Indian 16. E Lopatskaya vs A Riazantsev   1-0 30 1996 Moscow Open Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 17. A Riazantsev vs N Filippov   1-0 39 1996 Moscow Open Championship D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. A Riazantsev vs Lev Kuznetsov   0-1 44 1996 Moscow Open Championship D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 19. M Kobalia vs A Riazantsev   1-0 26 1996 Moscow Open Championship C41 Philidor Defense 20. A Riazantsev vs Kosteniuk   1-0 75 1996 Moscow Open Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 21. A Riazantsev vs D Driamin   1-0 35 1996 Moscow Open Championship A90 Dutch 22. A Riazantsev vs D Maximov   0-1 41 1996 EU-ch U12 E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 23. Timoshenko vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 17 1996 Yalta op C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 24. A Riazantsev vs V Belov   0-1 63 1996 Volgograd op E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 25. A Riazantsev vs V Punskij   0-1 27 1996 Yalta op D35 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 66; games 1-25 of 1,628

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-11-05    Eastfrisian: <lopium>: 12.09.1985. Nov-11-05    lopium: Thanksxz Eastfrisian ! Aug-17-06    tamar: Interesting interview with Riazantsev this month at http://www.chesscafe.com/misha/mish... Riazantsev was a enormously talented junior who chose to pursue his education rather than focus just on chess. A contemporary of Navara, he had two early victories over him in under 10 and under 12 competitions. Sep-10-06    Gypsy: <tamar> Thx for posting the interview; an intelligent young man. Sep-12-06    BIDMONFA: Alexander Riazantsev RIAZANTSEV, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/riazantsev_... _ Feb-05-08    Karpova: GM Riazantsev was Karpov's trainer during GorenjeTournament (2007) Sep-07-09    Knight13: Currently in the lead 62nd Russian Championship Higher League (2009) with 4/4. Impressive. Sep-12-09    Open Defence: <Riazantsev was a enormously talented junior who chose to pursue his education rather than focus just on chess. > and now he has returned to chess full time ? Dec-24-09    waustad: He is not doing well at all in the Russian Superfinal this year. Apr-12-10    Jason Frost: Had a monster tournament at the Russian Team Championships finishing second out of all participants by performance rating. Jul-31-10    Tabanus: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Winner of Biel Masters 17-30 July 2010: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/..., congratulations! Jul-31-10    Don Cossacks: Congratulations Alexander! Jul-23-11    qqdos: Congratulations Alexander again! This time for winning the Chess Infomator award for Most Important Theoretical Novelty in Volume 109/341, votes confirmed in Volume 110, for the move 12.Nf5!N in his 2010 game at Poikovsky against Karjakin (E15). He was a bit unlucky to lose the game, having set the scene, with a powerful major-piece assault, for a brilliant shot, 33.Bf8!! Oct-07-11    PhilFeeley: < Tabanus: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Winner of Biel Masters 17-30 July 2010: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/..., > Winner? He wasn't even entered. Great feat! Mar-14-13    IndigoViolet: Grischuk's second in London. Never heard of the cat before. Mar-14-13    dx9293: <IndigoViolet> Riazantsev was an ENORMOUS talent who was regarded as having World Champion potential in his very young days, but he decided to go to school instead of going full-out in chess. It is fitting that he is coaching Grischuk actually, as he has a similar profile, but Grischuk became a professional. Mar-15-13    Natalia Pogonina: Interesting facts: while Alexander doesn't play that often, he is nonetheless rated 2700+. Riazantsev is not only Grischuk's second, but a coach of our women's team. Also, he has a PhD in Biology. Sep-12-13    Penguincw: Happy Birthday Riazantsev. Dec-31-15    alfamikewhiskey: 18 Dec 2015 was a very productive day ELO-blitz-wise for Riazantsev: +79,6 (now #22 on the live rating in this discipline) Oct-24-16    iking: round 8 leader .. keep on Alex. Oct-27-16    Troller: Seems to be winning the Russian Championship now. Nov-01-16    sonia91: He won the Russian Superfinals (2016) and no kibitzing? No update of his bio?! Nov-01-16    Open Defence: that may be why he looks so sad in that pic Dec-17-16    sonia91: The reigning Russian champion just won the European Individual Rapid Championship 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr245... Dec-30-22    Messiah: P Ponkratov vs A Riazantsev, 2017 A Riazantsev vs P Ponkratov, 2019 P Ponkratov vs A Riazantsev, 2022 Fine! search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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