Artem Samsonkin
Number of games in database: 130
Years covered: 2001 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2410
Highest rating achieved in database: 2421
Overall record: +78 -22 =30 (71.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (28)      B30 B33 B72 B97 B53  French Defense (13)      C02 C07 C18 C11 C16  Sicilian Najdorf (6)      B97 B99 B90 B96  French Winawer (4)      C18 C16 C19  Vienna Opening (4)      C29 C27	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B67 B22 B23 B57 B60  King's Indian (18)      E62 E92 E70 E94 E80  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (8)      B67 B60 B62 B61  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A45 E10 E00  Alekhine's Defense (4)      B03 B02 B05

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Samsonkin vs Nakamura, 2009 1-0
   A Samsonkin vs K Me, 2009 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2009 Canadian Zonal Championship by gauer
   2010 Canadian open by gauer
   2008 Kitchener Oktoberfest open by gauer
   2010 Toronto open by gauer
   2010 Hamilton Summer open by gauer
   2009 Kitchener Winter open (pro section) by gauer
   2008 Guelph Winter Pro-Am by gauer
   2008 Toronto Closed by gauer
   2008 Guelph Spring Pro-Am by gauer
   2009 Guelph Spring Pro-Am by gauer

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ARTEM SAMSONKIN (born Jun-23-1989) Belarus (citizen of Canada) [what is this?] In 2012, Artiom won the winter ProAm in Guelph and Toronto championship. He won the Hart House Winter Holidays tournament in 2013 between January 4-6th, for sole 1st, ahead of Nikita Gusev and Bator Sambuev (who tied for share of 2nd-3rd) and others. An IM, Artiom won the 2008 Canadian Junior and was coach for the 2009 Canadian World Youth Chess Championship team. In 2007, he tied for 1st-3rd with Michael Dougherty and Jeff Willms in the top open group of the Kitchener Oktoberfest tournament and tied 1st-4th in the Canadian Closed. His debut in his first ever Chess Olympiad (2010) on the Canadian 4th board earned him 2 wins and 2 draws in 6 played games and in 2010, he tied for 1st-2nd with Bindi Cheng in the (open) blitz championship in Canada. The cities of Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Kitchener, Guelph and Ottawa are but a few of the weekend tournament titles that he has won in the GTCL, SWOCL and EOCA leagues. References: http://www.chess.ca/memberinfo.asp?... (Canadian zonal site), http://torontochess.org/drupal/ (Greater Toronto Chess League - GTCL), http://eoca.org/ (Eastern Ont. Chess Association - EOCA), http://chess.servegame.com/swocl/ne... (South-west Ont. Chess League - SWOCL), http://www.chessontario.com/ (Ontario Chess Association - OCA), http://www.olimpbase.org (Olympiad & team chess chronological catalog).

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 130  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Howell vs A Samsonkin   ½-½ 43 2001 WYB12 B03 Alekhine's Defense 2. A Samsonkin vs H R Steel   1-0 35 2001 WYB12 B83 Sicilian 3. Li Haoyu vs A Samsonkin   1-0 38 2001 WYB12 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 4. C Monsieux vs A Samsonkin   0-1 34 2001 WYB12 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 5. A Samsonkin vs M Rodshtein   0-1 48 2001 WYB12 C19 French, Winawer, Advance 6. A Samsonkin vs D Dragicevic   1-0 44 2001 WYB12 B33 Sicilian 7. V Sareen vs A Samsonkin   ½-½ 17 2004 1st WinTV Open B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 8. S Nitin vs A Samsonkin   0-1 29 2004 1st WinTV Open B02 Alekhine's Defense 9. A Samsonkin vs S Dallaire 1-0 24 2007 Canadian Open C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 10. Bu Xiangzhi vs A Samsonkin 1-0 63 2007 Canadian Open E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. B Cheng vs A Samsonkin   1-0 41 2007 Canadian Open A48 King's Indian 12. A Samsonkin vs V Mikhalevski   0-1 65 2007 Canadian Open C30 King's Gambit Declined 13. A Inigo vs A Samsonkin   0-1 24 2007 Fall Pro-Am E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 14. H Fritzsche vs A Samsonkin   0-1 59 2007 Canadian Open B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 15. K Pacey vs A Samsonkin   ½-½ 41 2007 Canadian Open E73 King's Indian 16. A Samsonkin vs J Tayar   1-0 79 2007 Canadian Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. A Samsonkin vs K Morrison   1-0 27 2008 KW Winter Open B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. A Samsonkin vs L Henry ½-½ 29 2008 Oktoberfest I B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 19. M Dougherty vs A Samsonkin   0-1 42 2008 Winter Pro-Am E92 King's Indian 20. A Samsonkin vs C Knox   1-0 50 2008 Spring Pro Am B30 Sicilian 21. A Samsonkin vs Y Yuan   1-0 31 2008 Toronto Closed Ch., Willowdale Club B72 Sicilian, Dragon 22. B Sambuev vs A Samsonkin   0-1 49 2008 KW Winter Open D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 23. A Samsonkin vs A Hambleton   1-0 40 2008 Oktoberfest I C02 French, Advance 24. I Ibrahim vs A Samsonkin   0-1 29 2008 Hart House Winter Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 25. A Samsonkin vs A Martchenko   1-0 38 2008 Guelph Spring Pro Am B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 130

Apr-21-09    number 23 NBer: Here he is: the player who stunned Nakamura in Toronto last weekend. Sep-14-09    alexrawlings: Is this guy a GM? Sep-14-09    felixd: No he's not, but he is actually a strong IM. Sep-15-09    alexrawlings: Thanks <felixd> ... it seems strange that his peak rating was 2612 yet he's not a GM. Maybe it's a mistake and that's not his actual peak rating.

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