RUSTAM KASIMDZHANOV (born Dec-05-1979, 45 years old) Uzbekistan [what is this?] Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov achieved several notable successes as a junior, winning the Asian Championship in 1998, placing second in the World Junior Championship in 1999, and earning a bronze medal for first board in the 2000 Olympiad. These and other results propelled him to 11th on the FIDE world ranking list in late 2001, but in the months to follow his play fell off somewhat and his rating slipped back. In 2004 he became FIDE World Champion by winning the knockout tournament in Tripoli. In match play, he managed to upset all four of the top seeds: Veselin Topalov, Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, and Alexander Grischuk. Kasimdzhanov was then scheduled to play a match with Garry Kasparov in 2005 with the ultimate goal being the reunification of the world chess champion title. When Kasparov withdrew from playing the match, Kasimdzhanov was instead given an invitation to compete in that September's FIDE World Championship Tournament in San Luis, Argentina, where he finished sixth out of eight players. He was an AGON (the organiser) nominee to the 2012-13 Grand Prix series, but accumulated only 185 GP points for his four events, eliminating him from contention for either of the top 2 places that would have qualified him for the World Chess Championship Candidates (2014). (1) Qualifying as an organizer's nominee to participate in the 2014-15 Grand Prix series, Kasimdzhanov failed to break even in either of the first two legs, namely the FIDE Grand Prix Baku (2014) and the FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent (2014), and consequently putting himself out of contention for either of the top 2 places in the GP series that will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2016. (2) His result in the Asian Continental Championship of 2014 qualified him for the World Cup (2015), but in a minor upset, he was defeated by Ukrainian-Canadian GM Anton Kovalyov in the first round, with the tiebreaker being decided in the blitz games after the standard games and the two sets of rapid tiebreakers were drawn. He helped Viswanathan Anand as a second during the Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008). He currently resides in Germany with his wife and their two children. (1) Wikipedia article: FIDE Grand Prix 2012%E2%80%932013; Wikipedia article: Rustam Kasimdzhanov; (2) Wikipedia article: FIDE Grand Prix 2014%E2%80%9315#cite note-3; live ratings: http://www.2700chess.com/ Last updated: 2018-07-23 00:23:08

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page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,546  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kasimdzhanov vs S Appolonov   0-1 52 1991 URS Junior Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 2. Kasimdzhanov vs B Blodstein   ½-½ 46 1993 UZB-ch B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 3. Kasimdzhanov vs S Nadyrkhanov   1-0 34 1993 UZB-ch B33 Sicilian 4. Kasimdzhanov vs S Iuldachev   0-1 36 1993 UZB-ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. K Mesropov vs Kasimdzhanov   ½-½ 18 1993 Voskresensk2 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Kasimdzhanov vs I Dzhumaev   ½-½ 20 1993 UZB-ch B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 7. Kasimdzhanov vs E Grinshpun 1-0 33 1993 UZB-ch C50 Giuoco Piano 8. D Rakhimov vs Kasimdzhanov   0-1 40 1993 UZB-ch B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 9. A Paronjan vs Kasimdzhanov   1-0 39 1993 UZB-ch A13 English 10. Kasimdzhanov vs P Kiriakov   ½-½ 33 1993 Voskresensk2 C11 French 11. Kasimdzhanov vs S Galakhov   ½-½ 48 1993 UZB-ch B40 Sicilian 12. Kasimdzhanov vs A Blodstein 0-1 34 1993 Voskresensk2 B23 Sicilian, Closed 13. Kasimdzhanov vs I Belov   0-1 31 1993 Voskresensk2 B06 Robatsch 14. Kasimdzhanov vs D Kayumov 0-1 19 1993 UZB-ch B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 15. R Gadjily vs Kasimdzhanov 1-0 57 1993 Voskresensk2 B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. B Margolin vs Kasimdzhanov   0-1 42 1993 Voskresensk2 B40 Sicilian 17. V N Kozlov vs Kasimdzhanov   ½-½ 48 1993 Voskresensk2 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. A Belkin vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 23 1993 Uzbekistan ch D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. R Ziatdinov vs Kasimdzhanov 1-0 61 1993 UZB-ch B44 Sicilian 20. Barsov vs Kasimdzhanov   ½-½ 31 1993 UZB-ch D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Kasimdzhanov vs A Nadanian 1-0 28 1993 Voskresensk B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. Kasimdzhanov vs A Nikitin   ½-½ 18 1993 Voskresensk2 B01 Scandinavian 23. Kasimdzhanov vs S Kagirov   ½-½ 48 1993 UZB-ch B42 Sicilian, Kan 24. M Saltaev vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 42 1993 UZB-ch B30 Sicilian 25. T Vakhidov vs Kasimdzhanov 1-0 34 1993 UZB-ch A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,546

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 53 OF 55 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-07-09    Dredge Rivers: <acirce> <it's because he gets no invitations.> And why would that be, hmmmmmmmmmmm? Apr-07-09    acirce: Because he isn't good enough, because there are no super-strong tournaments where he lives so that he could get special invitations like the Dutchmen in Wijk aan Zee, etc. Surely you know all this already? Why are you willingly wasting our time? Apr-07-09    Dredge Rivers: <acirce> Yes, I know this already! I was just trying to get someone to say it out loud! The bottom line is, he was supposed to be the next big thing after the 2004 World Championship Tournament, but he's never lived up to that. What a disappointment! Apr-07-09    acirce: <I was just trying to get someone to say it out loud!> Well, you could have done it yourself in your very first post instead of playing this silly game. But whatever. Apr-07-09    Dredge Rivers: <acirce> I did! I was using the technique of Socratic Irony, but apparently no one picked up on that. So, from now on I'll just say what's on my mind. First, Ingmar Bergman sucked! It was all downhill after Casablanca! :) Apr-07-09    MaxxLange: The Fritz 10 DVD has a little excerpt from his ChessBase DVD on tactical thinking. It looked pretty good - the excerpt was analysis of a game he won against Korchnoi, basically, with focus on the sharp parts of the middle game, how he found tactical ideas, calculated with them, and tried to make them work later if they did not work at once. Anyone seen the whole DVD? Thoughts? I've thought about buying it, but those things are so expensive. Apr-08-09    acirce: <Ingmar Bergman sucked!> I'm not into film much, but I would think that pompous jerk is probably more than a bit overrated, yes. Apr-08-09    acirce: <MaxxLange> No idea about that one. I have his DVD on the King's Indian. I like Kasim and the way he presents things, but players stronger than me think it is a bit too basic... Apr-08-09    dx9293: <Dredge Rivers> Who says Kasimdzhanov was supposed to be "the next big thing" after winning the World Championship in 2004? Many people have this thing that a World Champion is supposed to be a great, great player. No, a World Champion is a player who wins a World Championship, even if it is their only notable achievement. Apr-10-09    Dredge Rivers: <acirce> Ingmar Bergman is a <pompous jerk>?! Whoa! They may kick you out of Sweeden for saying that! Or at least, not let you eat any meatballs and pickled herring! :) Apr-10-09    Open Defence: <acirce: Because he isn't good enough> well he does not meet the cut off based on the present criteria but I do think he at least deserves wild card entry into some of the elite tournaments and I think he may surprise a few of the big names Apr-10-09    chancho: What is this guy up to these days? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Apr-10-09    Dredge Rivers: <chancho> Probably solving mysteries with Scooby and the gang! Apr-10-09    chancho: I noticed he played in the Rector Cup, but why isn't he getting the big invites? It's still early in the year I know, so we'll see. Apr-10-09    Dredge Rivers: <chanco> You know, Shaggy has his own page! :) Apr-10-09    fromoort: He's still busy analyzing 14...Bb7 to death. Apr-10-09    whiteshark: We may know it when Anand will have defeated Topalov. Apr-11-09    acirce: <Open Defence> I agree he deserves at least the occasional invitation, I was just giving an answer based on how it actually works. He is far from the only one, of course. Anyway, at least he does have the opportunity to prove himself in the Grand Prix tournaments. First chance in Elista, 50% - not great, not bad. Next chance in Nalchik coming up soon - I hope he does well. Apr-11-09    Open Defence: he might have figured that he could make more money analysing for Anand than counting on the stray invite to Linares, Corus or Dortmund Apr-11-09    chancho: I know rating and rank matter, but Rustam, Pono, and Khalifman should get some consideration when it comes to the elite invites. They each won a world title. In Golf you have guys like Nicholas, Floyd, and Palmer (way past their prime) who played with the likes of Woods, Mickelson, and Garcia. They played in the Senior tour yes, but also played in the Master's tournament and othe PGA events. I remember when Bologan won Dortmund with players like Kramnik and Anand in the event. Those sort of upsets make for good entertaiment imo. Apr-13-09    Dredge Rivers: <chancho> Why? Vassily Smyslov has a better claim to have been World Champion than Khalifman or Kasimdzanov and you don't see HIM invited to elite tournaments! Apr-14-09    chancho: <Dredge Rivers> I see your point. But Smyslov is 88 years of age. The other two are not that over the hill. Apr-17-09    Dredge Rivers: <chancho> Dude, you didn't mention age in your post of April 11; so I assumed you thought it was irrelevant. May-04-09    stoy: Smylov was the seventh recognized world champion after he defeated Botvinnik in 1957. I understand that these days he is blind or nearly blind. Please speak accurately & kindly of the seventh world champion. May-25-09    dx9293: <Dredge Rivers> I don't see why Khalifman or Kasimdzhanov don't have a good claim to being World Champion. They didn't ask Kasparov and Short to cause the schism in the chess world in 1993. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 55) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 53 OF 55 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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