Igor Khenkin
Number of games in database: 497
Years covered: 1981 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2630
Highest rating achieved in database: 2655
Overall record: +177 -66 =253 (61.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Slav (35)      D11 D10 D14 D13 D15  Queen's Indian (30)      E12 E15 E17 E14  Queen's Gambit Declined (30)      D37 D30 D38 D35 D31  King's Indian (27)      E81 E92 E90 E83 E84  Queen's Pawn Game (18)      A40 D02 E00 E10 A41  Grunfeld (17)      D85 D94 D87 D93 D80	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (64)      B12 B19 B13 B18 B10  Semi-Slav (35)      D45 D43 D44 D47  Sicilian (24)      B40 B52 B45 B30 B58  Queen's Gambit Declined (18)      D38 D30 D37 D31 D39  Nimzo Indian (14)      E56 E54 E48 E30 E52  Queen's Pawn Game (10)      D02 A40 D04 A46 E10

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Khenkin vs Shirov, 1988 1/2-1/2
   K Asrian vs Khenkin, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Kasimdzhanov vs Khenkin, 2001 1/2-1/2
   Khenkin vs Kasimdzhanov, 2001 1/2-1/2

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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.

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 497  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. 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. Browne vs Khenkin   ½-½ 62 1984 Ch USA D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Dreev vs Khenkin   ½-½ 32 1986 Sevastopol D85 Grunfeld 7. Tarjan vs Khenkin   ½-½ 30 1986 Ch USA D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 8. Bagirov vs Khenkin   ½-½ 56 1986 Sevastopol D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. M Brodsky vs Khenkin 0-1 33 1987 Riga op B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 10. Gelfand vs Khenkin   1-0 32 1987 Riga D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. Khenkin vs Dreev 1-0 28 1987 active D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Dreev vs Khenkin   1-0 31 1987 Riga B50 Sicilian 13. Khenkin vs Dreev   ½-½ 19 1988 Protvino (Russia) A84 Dutch 14. Khenkin vs Dreev   ½-½ 67 1988 Ch URS (juniors) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. Khenkin vs Krasenkow   1-0 26 1988 Club tt ch URS 1/ D85 Grunfeld 16. Khenkin vs Vyzmanavin   1-0 37 1988 Ch URS (select) E12 Queen's Indian 17. Khenkin vs Shirov   ½-½ 49 1988 Borzhomi E92 King's Indian 18. R Sherbakov vs Khenkin   0-1 38 1988 Borzhomi A14 English 19. Khenkin vs Chekhov   ½-½ 48 1988 Moscow-B E90 King's Indian 20. Khenkin vs Smirin   0-1 58 1988 Borzhomi U20 E12 Queen's Indian 21. Khenkin vs Taimanov   ½-½ 13 1989 Leningrad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 22. Khalifman vs Khenkin   1-0 44 1989 Leningrad D85 Grunfeld 23. Khenkin vs Y Kruppa   1-0 45 1989 Podolsk GMA-qual D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 24. Khenkin vs Kramnik ½-½ 17 1989 Sochi (Russia) D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. Khenkin vs Yurtaev   1-0 39 1989 Podolsk (Russia) E92 King's Indian  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 497

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?

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