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Mark Bluvshtein

MARK BLUVSHTEIN (born Apr-20-1988, 37 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Canada) [what is this?] Mark Bluvshtein was born in Russia on April 20, 1988, but he now lives in Toronto, a graduate of York University who plans to pursue a banking career. He won the IM title in 2001, and in 2004, Bluvshtein became the youngest Canadian ever to earn the grandmaster title, later topping the Canadian player ratings on the 2010 March FIDE listings. Improving on his 6th place U-14 finish in 2002 at same event series, he again finished 3rd in 2005 at the World Under-18 championship and got joint first place at the Canadian Open in the latter mentioned year, winning a game against Alexey Shirov. During the past decade, he participated in major team events such as Dresden Olympiad (2008) , Turin Olympiad (2006) , Calvia Olympiad (2004) and Bled Olympiad (2002) - and he has played as high as top board, with a score of 35 points accumulated in 54 games. He attended the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010) on top Canadian board (4 wins & 4 draws in 11 games played). He tied for 1st-2nd with Emilio Cordova in the Capablanca memorial 2011 Premier group & again tied for 1st-4th (6 wins, 3 draws in 9 games) with Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Giovanni Vescovi and Yuniesky Quesada Perez in the 2011 Pan-American Continental chess championship which qualified him for the World Cup (2011) where he was eliminated in the 1st round by Alexander Riazantsev of Russia. Alexander Huzman helped train him. In October, 2011, Bluvshtein announced in a blog post that he was leaving chess to pursue a career in finance. As of November 2023 his LinkedIn profile lists him as the VP of digital member platforms for People Corporation and Collage HR. References: http://www.chess.ca/memberinfo.asp?... (Canadian zone site), http://www.chessontario.com/ (Ontario Chess Association - OCA), http://torontochess.org/drupal/ (Greater Toronto Chess League - GTCL), http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com/ (personal blog), http://www.olimpbase.org (Olympiad & team chess chronological catalog), http://learn.infusion.com/ (+15-0=0 (including Erwin Casareno who nearly found a draw) at a 2016 simul), Wikipedia article: Mark Bluvshtein https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mark-blu.... Last updated: 2023-11-13 19:37:45

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page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 354  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Radjabov vs M Bluvshtein 1-0 17 1997 EU-ch U10 D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 2. E Romanov vs M Bluvshtein   1-0 32 1999 Wch U12 A07 King's Indian Attack 3. M Bluvshtein vs L Yee   ½-½ 35 2000 Christmas Toronto B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 4. A Gurevich vs M Bluvshtein   ½-½ 29 2001 CAN-chJ E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. D Raheb vs M Bluvshtein   ½-½ 36 2001 CAN-chJ E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 6. M Bluvshtein vs D Gormally   0-1 60 2001 Oakham ENG B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. C McNab vs M Bluvshtein   1-0 40 2001 Oakham ENG A13 English 8. M Bluvshtein vs J Levitt   ½-½ 18 2001 Oakham ENG B40 Sicilian 9. D Tyomkin vs M Bluvshtein   0-1 49 2001 Oakham ENG E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 10. M Bluvshtein vs N McDonald   ½-½ 38 2001 Oakham ENG C18 French, Winawer 11. N Pert vs M Bluvshtein   1-0 21 2001 Oakham ENG E12 Queen's Indian 12. M Bluvshtein vs Koneru   0-1 41 2001 Oakham ENG B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 13. M Bluvshtein vs I Krush   1-0 53 2001 Oakham ENG B89 Sicilian 14. J Estrada Nieto vs M Bluvshtein   ½-½ 15 2001 Oakham ENG C07 French, Tarrasch 15. M Bluvshtein vs I Lipnowski   1-0 59 2001 Canadian Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 16. M Bluvshtein vs M Mulyar   ½-½ 21 2001 Canadian Open E41 Nimzo-Indian 17. F Kleist vs M Bluvshtein 1-0 44 2001 Canadian Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 18. A Gurevich vs M Bluvshtein   0-1 20 2001 Canadian Open A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 19. E Lawson vs M Bluvshtein   0-1 58 2001 Canadian Closed B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 20. T Roussel-Roozmon vs M Bluvshtein   ½-½ 42 2001 Canadian Closed A30 English, Symmetrical 21. M Bluvshtein vs A Lesiege   ½-½ 17 2001 Canadian Closed D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. M Bluvshtein vs R Gardner   1-0 45 2001 Canadian Closed A57 Benko Gambit 23. R Phillips vs M Bluvshtein   ½-½ 23 2001 Canadian Closed E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 24. M Bluvshtein vs S Glinert   ½-½ 33 2001 Canadian Closed B07 Pirc 25. V Gaspariants vs M Bluvshtein   0-1 66 2001 Canadian Closed A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 354

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-12-05    PhilFeeley: Mark lost to Irina Krush yesterday: [Event "Montreal International"] [Site "Montreal, Quebec Canada"] [Date "2005.08.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Krush"] [Black "Bluvshtein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2452"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Be7 12. e4 a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Be2 Qc7 15. e5 g6 16. Ne4 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be3 d5 20. h4 Qe7 21. h5 g5 22. Rh3 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Nd4 Nd7 25. Nc6 Qd6 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qf5 Raf8 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Nb8 30. Bxg5 Nxc6 31. bxc6 Bxc6 32. Bxf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. g3 Bd7 36. Rd5 Ke7 37. f4 h6 38. Kd2 Bc6 39. Re5+ Re6 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. g4 Be8 42. g5 Kf7 43. Ke3 b5 44. Kd4 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Kc4 hxg5 47. fxg5 Ke6 48. h6 Bg6 49. Bd3 White wins 1-0 Aug-12-05    Koster: He should have lost today too but Nataf ran short of time and let him draw. Sep-28-05    EeEk: Mark rules Sep-28-05    WTHarvey: Here are some crucial positions from Mark's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/bluv.html Dec-17-05    Kelvieto: What school is this guy at? Dec-17-05    IMlday: <Kelvieto> Mark's at Newtonbrook Secondary in Toronto. Feb-04-06    BIDMONFA: Mark Bluvshtein BLUVSHTEIN, Mark http://www.bidmonfa.com/bluvshtein_... _ Feb-09-06    PinkPanther: LOL http://i.pbase.com/v3/14/530314/1/4... Feb-09-06    refutor: why is that funny? and what does it have to do with bluvshtein? it's a picture of charbonneau, ivanchuk and mr.loverman (shabba!) Feb-12-06    PinkPanther: It's because of their hats. Oct-20-06    cu8sfan: Quote of the day <You don't get better off of playing. You get better off of studying.> I am not so sure about this one. Of course it takes both but if you all but study I am not sure you get to be a much better player. Oct-20-06    aw1988: You get better off of both. Apr-20-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Mark! Apr-20-09    Adarsh Saji: Happy Birthday Marks!! Jul-22-09    Dredge Rivers: So, he won a tournament in Canada. Whoopee! :) Apr-20-10    wordfunph: "You don't get better off of playing. You get better off of studying." GM Mark Bluvshtein Jun-06-10    refutor: mark's got a new blog http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com/ and he mentioned that he will be taking a year to play 'professional' chess in europe, including Corus C Sep-28-10    Chuckles: Congratulations to Mark for his win over Topalov today! Sep-28-10    Anubis33: Yes, great win for Mark. Reminiscent of Charbonneau's victory over Anand a few years back. Feb-10-11    Penguincw: Finally there have a picture of him. Aug-07-11    Bratek: <I will change gears after the World Cup and pursue a career in investment banking.> http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com... Oct-06-11    PhilFeeley: Recent update by Mark on his blog tells us he's leaving chess for good. I don't know if that means he'll play exhibitions or Olympiads, but it looks like another loss for Canada. http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com/ Oct-11-11    benjinathan: Disaster. I think he realized he would never make it to the top in chess and therefore, what was the point of it all. He might as well use his talents for something productive. sad day for Canadian chess. Jul-22-14    posoo: I think Bloovoston got scared when I made fun of him on da Tiviakov game he got roaled in! Don't give up so easy Bloovoston, Canada needs you!!! Dec-16-21    posoo: He gave up. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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