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Shukhrat Safin

SHUKHRAT SAFIN (born Apr-03-1970, died Sep-20-2009, 39 years old) Uzbekistan [what is this?] Shukhrat Marsovich Safin was awarded the GM title in 1999. He was Uzbek champion in 2001. At the 2001 Tashkent Zonal, he finished second behind Pawel Kozur, but at the subsequent FIDE World Championship in Moscow was eliminated in the first round by 0.5:1.5 against Predrag Nikolic. Safin won the Uzbek individual championship in Tashkent in the same year. In 2002, he won the Dutch Open Championship in Dieren. Safin played for the Uzbek national team at five Chess Olympiads (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2008), the World Team Championship in 2001 and twice at the Asian Championship (1995 and 2003). At the 1995 Asian Championships in Singapore, he received an individual silver medal for his score of 4.5 points from six games on fourth board as the Uzbek team took third place. Safin played club chess for the Uzbek club Chirchiq Chess. Safin participated in the Asian Club Chess Cup 2008 in al-Ain and scored 6 out of 7, the second-best individual result of all participants on fourth board, with an Elo performance of 2673. Shuhrat Safin was the father of two sons and a daughter. He died of leukemia at the age of 39. Wikipedia article: Shukhrat Safin Last updated: 2022-04-03 08:24:43

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page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 205  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Safin vs V Akopian   0-1 40 1985 USSR Junior Championship A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 2. M Golubev vs S Safin   0-1 40 1987 VDFSO jr Ch, Izhevsk C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 3. Shirov vs S Safin 0-1 34 1988 URS-chT U18 E97 King's Indian 4. A Andreev vs S Safin 0-1 17 1989 Simferopol C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 5. V Akopian vs S Safin   1-0 45 1989 URS-chT U18 C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 6. S Safin vs A Lokasto   0-1 39 1989 Primorsko op E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 7. V Dragiev vs S Safin   ½-½ 29 1989 Primorsko op E70 King's Indian 8. S Safin vs Gelfand   0-1 49 1989 URS-chT U20 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. S Safin vs Dreev ½-½ 40 1989 URS-chT U20 D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. P Arnaudov vs S Safin   0-1 21 1989 Primorsko op C30 King's Gambit Declined 11. S Guliev vs S Safin   1-0 23 1990 URS-ch qual E61 King's Indian 12. S Safin vs S Zagrebelny   1-0 33 1990 Tashkent E20 Nimzo-Indian 13. S Safin vs Barsov   0-1 36 1992 Tashkent E14 Queen's Indian 14. S Safin vs S Zagrebelny   1-0 49 1992 Tashkent A36 English 15. S Safin vs T Vakhidov   0-1 32 1993 Bishkek Zonal A07 King's Indian Attack 16. S Safin vs V Ilinsky   0-1 46 1993 Bishkek Zonal A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 17. S Nadyrkhanov vs S Safin   1-0 44 1993 Bishkek Zonal C47 Four Knights 18. A Kakageldyev vs S Safin   1-0 40 1993 Bishkek Zonal A52 Budapest Gambit 19. S Safin vs B Kantsler   0-1 26 1993 Bishkek Zonal B06 Robatsch 20. Y Nesterov vs S Safin   1-0 9 1993 Bishkek Zonal C45 Scotch Game 21. S Safin vs A Ayapbergenov   1-0 42 1993 Bishkek Zonal D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 22. S Safin vs N Tumurhuyag   ½-½ 43 1993 Bishkek Zonal E10 Queen's Pawn Game 23. S Baimuratov vs S Safin   ½-½ 36 1993 Bishkek Zonal C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 24. Yurtaev vs S Safin   0-1 83 1993 Bishkek Zonal A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 25. Serper vs S Safin ½-½ 53 1993 Bishkek Zonal D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 205

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Sep-24-09    stanleys: GM Safin died 4 days ago :( http://uzchess.uz/ R.I.P Sep-24-09    DCP23: GM Shukhrat Safin died on 20 September 2009 of blood cancer. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Sep-24-09    MaxxLange: My sympathies to his family, friends, and chess friends. Blood Cancer! What a bizzare death. I did not know that cancer of the blood was possible. Sep-24-09    Jason Frost: RIP A very strong player in his prime, who played some wonderful games which will live on, but he will be sorely missed. Sep-25-09    siggemannen: Well, isn't that just another word for leukemia? Anyways, RIP Shukhrat. Sep-25-09    ketchuplover: May he RIP Sep-25-09    DCP23: <MaxxLange: Blood Cancer! What a bizzare death. I did not know that cancer of the blood was possible.> <siggemannen: Well, isn't that just another word for leukemia?> That's correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia <Leukemia (British English: leukaemia) (Greek leukos, "white"; aima, "blood") is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow> Sep-25-09    Eastfrisian: As I know, his birthday was on April 3, 1970. Sep-25-09    wordfunph: Rest in peace GM Shukhrat Safin.. Jun-09-10    whiteshark: Bio/Picture: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuxra... Aug-04-12    Phony Benoni: Obituary: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (thanks to <muratski>

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