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Igor Kurnosov
I Kurnosov 
 

Number of games in database: 656
Years covered: 1999 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2649 (2613 rapid, 2599 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2676
Overall record: +209 -109 =270 (58.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 68 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (116) 
    B42 B30 B96 B48 B32
 French Defense (47) 
    C11 C18 C10 C12 C16
 Ruy Lopez (41) 
    C78 C65 C67 C92 C95
 Caro-Kann (29) 
    B12 B15 B14
 French (25) 
    C11 C10 C12
 Sicilian Najdorf (23) 
    B96 B97 B94 B99 B90
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (85) 
    B22 B81 B90 B80 B23
 Grunfeld (73) 
    D85 D97 D86 D70 D80
 King's Indian (42) 
    E62 E60 E91 E92 E81
 Ruy Lopez (25) 
    C67 C65 C78 C91 C89
 Sicilian Scheveningen (21) 
    B81 B80 B84 B82 B83
 English (17) 
    A15 A16 A10
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Kurnosov vs M Dzhumaev, 2008 1-0
   Mamedyarov vs I Kurnosov, 2009 0-1
   Onischuk vs I Kurnosov, 2009 0-1
   I Kurnosov vs V Loginov, 2002 1-0
   A Chudinovskikh vs I Kurnosov, 2009 0-1
   V Papin vs I Kurnosov, 2011 0-1
   I Kurnosov vs V Malakhatko, 2013 1-0
   A Potapov vs I Kurnosov, 2010 0-1
   I Kurnosov vs M Hebden, 2008 1-0
   P Ponkratov vs I Kurnosov, 2012 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Russian Team Championship (2011)
   Hastings 2008/09 (2009)
   Harmonie (2003)
   7th Stage Russian Cup (2001)
   Russian Championship Higher League (2010)
   Politiken Cup (2005)
   Moscow Open-A (2009)
   World Junior Championship (2005)
   Russian Championship Higher League (2012)
   European Championship (2010)
   Bundesliga 2012/13 (2012)
   European Championship (2009)
   European Championship (2005)
   Aeroflot Open (2004)
   European Championship (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Best games by Igor Kurnosov by jon01

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Biel Master Open
   A Raetsky vs I Kurnosov (Aug-02-13) 1/2-1/2
   I Kurnosov vs M Sebenik (Aug-01-13) 1/2-1/2
   Q Huang vs I Kurnosov (Jul-31-13) 1/2-1/2
   I Kurnosov vs D Hausrath (Jul-30-13) 1/2-1/2
   D Solak vs I Kurnosov (Jul-29-13) 1-0

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IGOR KURNOSOV
(born May-30-1985, died Aug-08-2013, 28 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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GM Igor Kurnosov was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

A string of strong tournament performances, such as his victory at the Arctic Chess Challenge in 2008 and the Hastings Chess Congress (2009), saw his Elo rating skyrocket, peaking at 2680 in May 2010, when he was number 52 in the world. Winner of the 6th Gubernators Cup 2010, the Politiken Cup 2011, the Nakhchivan Open in May 2013 and the Masters Tournament of the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival in July 2013. His final tournament was the Biel Masters tournament, which finished on 2 August 2013.

Kurnosov was struck and killed by a car on August 8, 2013.

Links to two eulogies are at http://pogonina.com/index.php?optio... and at http://chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211....

Wikipedia article: Igor Kurnosov


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 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 656  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Zurek vs I Kurnosov  ½-½431999Czech OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
2. G Sargissian vs I Kurnosov  ½-½232000RUS-CupA05 Reti Opening
3. V Malaniuk vs I Kurnosov  ½-½752000RUS-CupE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
4. I Kurnosov vs S Ovsejevitsch  0-1312000AlushtaB06 Robatsch
5. G Lazhevsky vs I Kurnosov  0-1372000Chigorin Memorial OpenB40 Sicilian
6. I Kurnosov vs Eljanov  1-0432000Chigorin Memorial OpenB32 Sicilian
7. A Korotylev vs I Kurnosov  1-0352000Chigorin Memorial OpenE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
8. I Kurnosov vs A Potapov  ½-½782000Chigorin Memorial OpenC78 Ruy Lopez
9. A Lugovoi vs I Kurnosov  1-0352000Chigorin Memorial OpenE92 King's Indian
10. I Kurnosov vs A Kryschilovskij  1-0492000Chigorin Memorial OpenB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
11. E Alekseev vs I Kurnosov  1-0462000Chigorin Memorial OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
12. I Kurnosov vs V Grigoriev  ½-½642000Chigorin Memorial OpenB06 Robatsch
13. A Pliasunov vs I Kurnosov  ½-½222000Chigorin Memorial OpenE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
14. V Kuznetsov vs I Kurnosov  1-0442001Ural-chB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
15. I Kurnosov vs A Barbitskij  1-0592001RUS-ch U16C50 Giuoco Piano
16. S Novikov vs I Kurnosov  ½-½392001RUS-ch U16A07 King's Indian Attack
17. I Kurnosov vs A Ubushiev  1-0352001RUS-ch U18B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
18. I Kurnosov vs B Savchenko  1-0412001RUS-ch U16B32 Sicilian
19. S Silivanov vs I Kurnosov  ½-½452001Ural-chB22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. I Kurnosov vs A Potapov  0-1302001Ural-chC78 Ruy Lopez
21. I Kurnosov vs O Spirin  1-0372001RUS-ch U18B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
22. W Leenen vs I Kurnosov  ½-½342001White NightsA02 Bird's Opening
23. I Kurnosov vs A Gilyazov  1-0532001White NightsB32 Sicilian
24. A Eliseev vs I Kurnosov  1-0442001White NightsA80 Dutch
25. Potkin vs I Kurnosov  1-0632001White NightsB30 Sicilian
 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 656  PGN Download
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May-30-12  LoveThatJoker: Happy birthday, GM Kurnosov!

LTJ

Jul-08-13  Karpova: Congratulations to GM Kurnosov on winning the 20th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2013 taking place from June 30 until July 8 2013 (nine-round Swiss with time controls of 90 min for each player with 30 sec increment for each move).

Kurnosov won with 6.5/9 (+5 =3 -1) and a 2709 performance!

Report: http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId...

Jul-11-13  PhilFeeley: Abu Dhabi game not here yet:

[Event "20th Abu Dhabi Intl ( Masters )"]
[Site "UAE - Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2013.07.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Parligras Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Kurnosov Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.06.30 - 2013.07.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bxb5 exd5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qxa6 h3 19. gxh3 Bf3 20. Rg1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Ne3 Ra8 23. Nxd5 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Qe8+ 25. Ne3 d5 26. Kf2 Qa4 27. Be2 Qxf4+ 28. Bf3 Bxb2 29. Rae1 Re8 30. Rg4 Qxh2+ 31. Bg2 Re6 32. Nxd5 Bd4+ 33. Be3 Qe5 34. Re4 Qf5+ 35. Rf4 Bxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Rxe3+ 38. Nxe3 Qe2 39. Nc4 f5 40. a4 Qc2 41. a5 g5 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Rf3 Kf6 44. Ne3 f4+ 45. Kg4 Qh7 46. Rxf4+ gxf4 47. Kxf4 Qc7+ 48. Ke4 Qxa5 49. h4 Qe1 50. h5 Qh4+ 51. Kd3 Qxh5 52. Bb3 Ke5 53. Nc4+ Kf4 54. Bc2 Qf3+ 55. Kd2 Qf2+ 56. Kc3 Qe1+ 57. Kd3 Qb4 58. Bd1 Qb1+ 59. Kd2 Qa2+ 60. Kc3 Qa1+ 61. Nb2 c4 62. Kc2 Qa2 63. Be2 Qb3+ 64. Kc1 c3 65. Nc4 Qa2 66. Bd3 Kf3 67. Kd1 Kf2 68. Kc1 Ke1 0-1

Aug-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Apparently he was deadly hit by a car at the night to today.
Aug-08-13  amateur05: How sad and unexpected.
Aug-08-13  stanleys: Really sad :( RIP GM Kurnosov
Aug-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Natalia Pogonina: R.I.P., my dear friend.... :*(
Aug-08-13  Karpova: Rest in Peace, GM Kurnosov.
Aug-08-13  Karpova: This is the report: http://www.sports.ru/others/chess/1...

Igor and a 42 year old man (he was severly injured) were crossing the Komsomolsky Avenue and hit by a car.

Aug-08-13  supy: RIP GM Kurnosov :*( http://www.chessdom.com/gm-igor-kur... and http://uralpress.ru/news/2013/08/08...
Aug-08-13  whiteshark: So sad. R.I.P.
http://chess-news.ru/node/12949
Aug-08-13  wordfunph: rest in peace, GM Kurnosov..
Aug-08-13  notyetagm: RIP, GM Kurnosov.
Aug-08-13  EvanTheTerrible: Rest in peace.
Aug-08-13  FairyPromotion: Wow, I saw that this thread had new posts, and was excited that I might read about some new game that he had played, only to find out about the sad news. I feel kind of awful. GM Kurnosov, you were a great man, and this is a big loss for the chess world.

As <KKDEREK> said: So sad, so young.. :(

Aug-08-13  The Last Straw: RIP, GM Kurnosov.

This must hurt, he's still even part of a game on Zhao Xue's live rating page! http://www.2700chess.com/glass_wome...

Aug-08-13  The Last Straw: All of this work: http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...

...wasted just because of a careless driver.

What a pity. GM Kurnosov, we will all miss you...

Aug-08-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Ron: What a tragic loss. One might wonder what more he would have achieved, had he lived longer. Rest In Peace.
Aug-09-13  virginmind: Rest in peace.
Aug-09-13  Eastfrisian: Sad, sad....

R.I.P.

Aug-09-13  Karpova: Report by chessbase: http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId...
Aug-09-13  twinlark:

It's so utterly sad to hear of a young life so tragically cut short.

My heartfelt condolences to Igor Kurnosov's friends and loved ones.

RIP

Aug-09-13  hedgeh0g: Sad news. He certainly played a part in livening up the chess world!
Aug-09-13  jon01: Really sad. Kurnosov was a great player, one of my favourites. I created a game collection of his best games some years ago. Game Collection: Best games by Igor Kurnosov

Rest in peace.

Aug-09-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: Really sad news.

R.I.P

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