The chess games of Kenneth T Solomon

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Kenneth T Solomon

Number of games in database: 253
Years covered: 2001 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2362 (2442 rapid, 2415 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2461

Overall record: +83 -87 =61 (49.1%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 22 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Slav (14)
    D11 D17 D15 D18 D16
King's Indian (14)
    E92 E67 E62 E90 E66
Queen's Indian (13)
    E15 E17 E16 E14
Queen's Pawn Game (9)
    E00 A41 D02 A40 A50
Modern Benoni (9)
    A58 A79 A62 A57 A70
Semi-Slav (6)
    D43 D47 D45

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (24)
    B33 B30 B31 B43 B90
Ruy Lopez (12)
    C77 C94 C92 C95 C68
Nimzo Indian (12)
    E32 E21 E46 E47 E20
Queen's Indian (11)
    E15 E12 E16
English (10)
    A15 A13 A16 A17
Ruy Lopez, Closed (7)
    C94 C92 C95 C90 C87

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KENNETH T SOLOMON
(born Oct-08-1979, 42 years old) South Africa

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International Master (2004); Grandmaster (2014)

Currently based in Venice in Italy.

Kenny Solomon won the South African U16 championship in 1994 and the South African U18 championship in 1995. Kenny - as he is popularly known - shared the 2003 South African Chess Championship title with IM Watu Kobese. He has represented South Africa at six Olympiads since 1998. He played in the 2007 Gibtelecom Masters, scoring 5/9 and made the same score (out of 10) in 2009. He earned his first GM norm in the Padova International Open held in Italy in December 2011, scoring 6.5/9. In 2012, he played in the 28th Cappelle-la-Grande (2012), scoring 5/9. He played top board for South Africa at the Chess Olympiad (2012), scoring 5.5/10 and his 2nd GM norm, a double norm, that fulfilled his GM norm requirements. Normally he would have been required to first reach a rating of 2500 to achieve his GM title, but instead went on to win the African Championship of 2014 in December of that year (with a score of 7/9 and a TPR of (2550)), thereby winning the title directly. (1), (2) 4th at the South African Open (2015).

Solomon is married to Veronika Goi, and the couple have a daughter born in 2011. His elder brother is CM Maxwell Solomon.

He qualified(3) for the World Cup in 2017 and is a FIDE Trainer (2005).

Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/solomon_ken... Kenny Solomon's blog: http://kennysolomon.co.za/blog/; 2003 article in Chess Drum featuring Kenny Solomon: http://www.thechessdrum.net/talking...; Chessbase articles written in January 2015 about Solomon's background and his path to the GM title: http://en.chessbase.com/post/south-... and http://en.chessbase.com/post/fighti...

(1) http://chess-results.com/tnr154093....; (2) http://www.fide.com/component/handb...; (3) http://www.fide.com/images/stories/...

Wikipedia article: Kenny Solomon

Last updated: 2017-07-11 13:34:55

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 260

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. H Stevic vs K Solomon	1-0	40	1996	Wch U18	B33 Sicilian
2. W Hajenius vs K Solomon	0-1	34	2001	29th World Open	E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
3. K Solomon vs V Delgado	1-0	64	2001	29th World Open	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
4. V Gaprindashvili vs K Solomon	1-0	45	2001	29th World Open	E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
5. K Solomon vs A Cherniack	1-0	54	2001	29th World Open	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
6. K Solomon vs J M Hodgson	0-1	75	2001	29th World Open	D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. B Privman vs K Solomon	½-½	52	2001	29th World Open	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
8. P Gilruth vs K Solomon	0-1	65	2001	29th World Open	A30 English, Symmetrical
9. K Solomon vs Nathan Solon	1-0	29	2001	29th World Open	D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
10. G Nsubuga vs K Solomon	½-½	81	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
11. N Rogers vs K Solomon	0-1	76	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	B33 Sicilian
12. K Solomon vs M Schleifer	0-1	47	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
13. A Simutowe vs K Solomon	0-1	40	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	E46 Nimzo-Indian
14. K Solomon vs R Simpson	0-1	37	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	A57 Benko Gambit
15. W Kobese vs K Solomon	½-½	91	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
16. K Solomon vs E Colding	½-½	50	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
17. K Solomon vs S Muhammad	1-0	66	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	B06 Robatsch
18. K Solomon vs W Morrison	½-½	69	2001	Wilbert Paige Mem	E20 Nimzo-Indian
19. K Solomon vs Dominguez Perez	0-1	27	2002	Bled Olympiad	D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. K Solomon vs R Mateo	0-1	37	2002	Bled Olympiad	E15 Queen's Indian
21. R J Dive vs K Solomon	0-1	35	2002	Bled Olympiad	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
22. K Solomon vs A Simutowe	0-1	31	2003	8th All-Africa Games	E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
23. K Solomon vs Grischuk	0-1	52	2004	FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament	D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
24. Grischuk vs K Solomon	½-½	32	2004	FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
25. Avrukh vs K Solomon	1-0	52	2004	Calvia Olympiad	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3


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Jul-24-06		BIDMONFA: Kenneth T Solomon SOLOMON, Kenny http://www.bidmonfa.com/solomon_ken... _

Aug-04-08		myschkin: . . . aka IM <Kenny Solomon> .. "Chess has become a passion. It helps build logic and creativity, and I enjoy the psychological aspect of it as well." .. http://tinyurl.com/6qwypx off topic: "Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any of the games. That’s one of the main problems of most African tournaments … the game scores are rarely made available. I suppose inputting the games is a very tedious process indeed!" (Daaim Shabazz) Agree on that one! It is even a hard task just to spot the great African chess players. All these characters sharing the chess passion. So many wonderful games must have been "lost" - what a pity!

Jul-31-09		myschkin: . . . Homepage: http://kennysolomon.co.za/

May-19-12		wordfunph: IM Timothy Taylor on IM Kenneth Solomon.. <Kenny Solomon, IM from South Africa, had a hard time getting into Hungary for the famous First Saturday tournament due to some bureaucratic visa problems- then when he finally made it to Budapest, he found out that his Euros were no good, as Hungarians prefer their own currency, the Forint! He reminded me of myself when I played in my first First Saturday back in 2003 - lost and a long way from home! I loaned him some money for subway fare - a little nervously, as I didn't know him, but he seemed like a good guy. I shouldn't have worried. Kenny is a stand-up guy; I got my money right back; and he became a good friend to my wife and myself, and especially to our little boy, Nikolay.> Source: True Combat Chess by Timothy Taylor

Mar-29-13		Einstein13: i should say kenny is quite impressive.... He is making history in our country and that takes alot of effort.... Chess is difficult for us south africans but our standard of chess looks like child's play for the world. Lets hope that when kenny makes his breakthrough, a new, stronger understandinng of chess will emerge in our country

Jan-08-15		tbentley: He earned the GM title by winning the 2014 African Individual Chess Championship. http://en.chessbase.com/post/south-...

Jan-10-15		zanzibar: Recently profiled in <The Guardian>: <South African escapes township violence to become chess grandmaster> (2015-01-08) http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...

Jan-14-15		twinlark: Congratulations to Kenny Solomon for landing the GM title.

Jan-14-15		Mr. V: Congratulations! May you blaze a new trail for chess in Africa!

Sep-04-16		FICSwoodpusher: Grandmaster Kenny Solomon plays game number 100 for South Africa at Olympiads against Myanmar. That is a great achievement!

Sep-04-16		FICSwoodpusher: This is the game: Wynn Zaw Htun vs K Solomon, 2016

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