Igor Khenkin
Number of games in database: 638
Years covered: 1981 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2600
Highest rating achieved in database: 2670
Overall record: +216 -78 =329 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      15 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Indian (42)      E12 E15 E17 E14 E16  Slav (42)      D11 D10 D15 D14 D13  Queen's Gambit Declined (40)      D37 D30 D38 D35 D31  King's Indian (33)      E81 E92 E83 E90 E84  Grunfeld (27)      D85 D94 D84 D87 D93  Queen's Pawn Game (24)      A40 D02 E10 E00 A41	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (90)      B12 B18 B19 B13 B10  Semi-Slav (34)      D45 D43 D47 D44  Sicilian (29)      B40 B45 B52 B30 B58  Queen's Gambit Declined (28)      D38 D30 D39 D31 D37  Nimzo Indian (17)      E56 E54 E46 E48 E30  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      D02 A40 D04 A46 E10

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Khenkin vs C Rossi, 1998 1-0
   S Fedorchuk vs Khenkin, 2001 0-1
   K Asrian vs Khenkin, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Kasimdzhanov vs Khenkin, 2001 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bad Wiessee (2003)
   3rd Aeroflot Festival (2004)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2005)
   German Championship (2006)
   Politiken Cup (2007)
   Bratto Festival (2007)
   Reggio Emilia (2007)
   2008-2009 Bundesliga (2008)
   10th European Individual Championship (2009)
   Arctic Chess Challenge (2009)
   82nd German Chess Championship (2011)
   13th European Individual Championship (2012)

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IGOR KHENKIN (born Mar-21-1968) Russia (citizen of Germany) [what is this?] GM Khenkin was born in Vladimir, Russia. He learned the rules of chess at the age of 3 or 4 from his father. He became an IM at the age of 15 and a GM in 1992. In 1999, Igor Khenkin obtained German citizenship. He won the International Open in Andorra in 2004 and 2006, was runner up behind Niclas Huschenbeth in the German Championship in 2010, German champion in 2011 and runner up to Daniel Fridman in the 2012 German Championship. Photos: http://www.bidmonfa.com/khenkin_igo... and http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly... Wikipedia article: Igor Khenkin

page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 638  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Shamkovich vs Khenkin 1-0 34 1981 New York (USA) A28 English 2. Fedorowicz vs Khenkin   1-0 30 1981 New York (USA) D85 Grunfeld 3. K Burger vs Khenkin   0-1 34 1981 New York (USA) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 4. Khenkin vs Hebden 1-0 39 1983 Hastings A43 Old Benoni 5. Dreev vs Khenkin   ½-½ 32 1986 Sevastopol D85 Grunfeld 6. Bagirov vs Khenkin   ½-½ 56 1986 Sevastopol D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. M Brodsky vs Khenkin 0-1 33 1987 Riga op B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 8. Khenkin vs Dreev 1-0 28 1987 active D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. Dreev vs Khenkin   1-0 31 1987 Riga B50 Sicilian 10. Gelfand vs Khenkin   1-0 32 1987 Riga D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. Khenkin vs Shirov   ½-½ 49 1988 Borzhomi E92 King's Indian 12. Khenkin vs Vyzmanavin   1-0 37 1988 Ch URS (select) E12 Queen's Indian 13. R Shcherbakov vs Khenkin   0-1 38 1988 Borzhomi A14 English 14. Khenkin vs Chekhov   ½-½ 48 1988 Moscow-B E90 King's Indian 15. Khenkin vs Dreev   ½-½ 19 1988 Protvino (Russia) A84 Dutch 16. Khenkin vs Smirin   0-1 58 1988 Borzhomi U20 E17 Queen's Indian 17. Khenkin vs Dreev   ½-½ 67 1988 Ch URS (juniors) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Khenkin vs Krasenkow 1-0 26 1988 Club tt ch URS 1/ D85 Grunfeld 19. Khalifman vs Khenkin   1-0 44 1989 Leningrad D85 Grunfeld 20. Khenkin vs Kramnik ½-½ 17 1989 Sochi (Russia) D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 21. Khenkin vs Yurtaev   1-0 39 1989 Podolsk (Russia) E92 King's Indian 22. Khenkin vs Y Kruppa   1-0 45 1989 Podolsk GMA-qual D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 23. Khenkin vs Taimanov   ½-½ 13 1989 Leningrad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 24. Khenkin vs Uhlmann   1-0 42 1990 Linz E92 King's Indian 25. Khenkin vs Shabalov   1-0 48 1990 Minsk D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 638

May-23-05    lopium: May be an interesting player. Mar-21-06    BIDMONFA: Igor Khenkin KHENKIN, Igor http://www.bidmonfa.com/khenkin_igo... _ Jul-16-06    rustamrocks: Igor Khenkin wins the Andorra Open tournament by scoring 7/9 points and beating Oscar De La Riva Aguado in the last round. Congratulations to him! Feb-02-08    jtd200: Is there any other active player with more specialization in the Caro? May-22-08    Rubion: A delightful picture of Igor Khenkin: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... May-22-08    MichAdams: If a girdle's good enough for Capablanca... Nov-16-08    whiteshark: Igor Khenkin @ Dresden 2008: http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly... Mar-21-09    whiteshark: Happy Birthday, GM Khenkin! Jun-14-09    Crocomule: Victor's son? Aug-01-09    BoardLord: GM Igor Khenkin will participate in Arctic Chess Challenge 2009 in Tromsų, Norway. It starts today and in connection with this I have written a profile of him that you can read at my blog Sjakkfantomet. It's in English: http://sjakkfantomet.blogg.no/12489... Mar-13-10    Tabanus: He ended 2nd today in the German championship, behind surprise winner IM Niklas Huschenbeth: http://www.schachwochebadliebenzell... Jul-12-10    alexmagnus: The starter of the current controversy around the composition of the German national team. Jun-04-11    Eastfrisian: Igor is German Champion 2011. Congratulations. Aug-16-11    Elrathia Kingi: Top rated player at the Vienna Chess Open this year. Had a nice win last night: http://pakchess.org/tournament-news... Mar-21-12    wordfunph: Happy Birthday, GM Khenkin! Nov-06-12    vinidivici: We know Khenkin from his deep analysis in the Queen vs Rook endgames. His contribution to that particular endgame is irrefutable.

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