SERGEI TIVIAKOV (born Feb-14-1973, 52 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Netherlands) [what is this?] IM (1990); GM (1991). Sergei Nikolayevich Tiviakov was born in Krasnodar, Russia on February 14, 1973. He learned to play chess at age 5 and as a junior, won both the U-16 and the U-18 categories of the World Youth Championships. He is currently living in Holland and was part of the Dutch team that took first place in the 15th European Team Championship (2005). Tiviakov turned in many other strong performances in 2005, including 8.5/9 at the Gausdal Classics event and 8/9 in Neiva, Colombia. These victories caused his FIDE rating to increase by nearly 100 points, finally peaking at 2699 on the October list, his career high. In 2006 he won his first Dutch championship with a dominating 9/11 score, finishing a point and a half ahead of Ivan Sokolov. He also won in 2007 and 2018. Tiviakov won the European Individual Championship (2008). He finished 2011 by coming =2nd at the Groningen Chess Festival (2011) with 6.5/9, and started 2012 by coming =4th in the Tata Steel Group B (2012), with 8/13, these performances being par for his rating. In April, he scored 7.5/9 at the Cuca International Tournament in Luanda, Angola and then followed up with a reasonably solid 5.5/8 in the Nakhchivan Open and followed up with an equally solid 6/7 and equal 2nd placing in the 4th Rheinland-Pfalz Open held in June in Altenkirchen, Germany. He won the 2012 Commonwealth Championship played in Chennai with 9.5/11, came =3rd at the Kolkata Open (2012) and yet still lost 8 rating points for the two events. Won the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Kuala Lumpur Masters 2013 with 9/10. Joint runner-up at the PokerStars IoM Masters (2014). Won the Kavala International Open 2015. Wikipedia article: Sergei Tiviakov Last updated: 2018-07-11 04:10:41

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page 1 of 78; games 1-25 of 1,941  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Gavrilov vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 70 1985 Kazan op E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 2. K Gobleja vs Tiviakov   0-1 23 1986 USSR Junior Championship B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 3. Kamsky vs Tiviakov   0-1 68 1986 USSR Junior Championship B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 4. Sakaev vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 39 1986 Sochi Juniors (U16) E17 Queen's Indian 5. Tiviakov vs V Belikov   1-0 38 1986 Sochi Juniors (U16) B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 6. Tiviakov vs I Khmelnitsky 1-0 37 1987 URS B01 Scandinavian 7. Tiviakov vs G Gogoladze   ½-½ 42 1987 Riga U16 B32 Sicilian 8. R Sichinava vs Tiviakov   0-1 27 1987 Riga U16 E15 Queen's Indian 9. E Maljutin vs Tiviakov   0-1 30 1987 Riga U16 B72 Sicilian, Dragon 10. Tiviakov vs H Odeev   1-0 31 1987 Riga U16 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. Y Teplitsky vs Tiviakov   0-1 50 1987 URS-chT U14 E17 Queen's Indian 12. R Sichinava vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 51 1987 URS-chT U14 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Tiviakov vs M Magomedov   ½-½ 41 1989 Frunze op B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 14. M Mrdja vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 55 1989 Imperia op B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 15. Tiviakov vs Shirov   ½-½ 24 1989 URS-ch57 qual B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 16. Tiviakov vs V Golod   1-0 35 1989 URS-ch U18 B10 Caro-Kann 17. V Karpman vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 27 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual E17 Queen's Indian 18. Tiviakov vs V Arbakov 1-0 64 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 19. Tiviakov vs A Huzman   ½-½ 13 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual C77 Ruy Lopez 20. A Geller vs Tiviakov   0-1 36 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual E15 Queen's Indian 21. V Tsarev vs Tiviakov   0-1 55 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 22. A Kuzmin vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 20 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 23. Tiviakov vs Khenkin   ½-½ 16 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 24. Tiviakov vs V Vorotnikov 1-0 29 1989 Belgorod GMA-qual B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. Tiviakov vs Gavrikov   0-1 56 1989 GMA World Cup Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin  page 1 of 78; games 1-25 of 1,941

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-01-05    iron maiden: It's too bad he couldn't have been invited to Corus A next January in place of one of the usual Dutch players, Sokolov or van Wely. A jump from 72nd to 26th is virtually unheard of. Aug-24-05    stijn: I think that he's going to be somewhere around 2700 at the next list. Sep-09-05    azaris: GM Tiviakov has become a proponent of the 3...Qd6 Scandinavian Defense and has played it again in the Dutch Championships against GM Stellwagen. Although I have to say, the positions he keeps getting are not exactly enticing. Sep-17-05    PhilFeeley: I just read this page today and followed the article by Randi on Tiviakov's photo. Here is his (Randi's) conclusion to the story (the link, in case you miss it: http://www.randi.org/jr/051002.html. The conclusion is way at the bottom). "after all, his is a world of chess, a game world, a rarified and unreal place not related to reality. I can easily understand how he came to these conclusions." Hmmm. I would have thought the man's cultural background (i.e. Russian) would have been sufficient to explain this error. Perhaps we ought to get Randi to apologize to the rest of us chess players out there! Jan-02-06    cu8sfan: Now I remember! Assessing the Wijk aan Zee lineup on the Corus Wijk an Zee (2006) page yesterday I wrote about Sergei Tiviakov <Honestly, I don't know this guy except his name>. Yet another funny coincidence. Spooky! (-: <chessgames.com> Why does the URL go like this "/player/sergei_tiviakov.html" instead of like this "/perl/chessplayer?pid=12345"? Jan-02-06    chessgames.com: <cu8sfan> Those URLs are aliases for each other. Usually the URLs are presented with the /perl/chessplayer format, but sometimes (like with the Player of the Day) we use the html format. This practice serves multiple purposes, not the least of which is a search engine trick. Jan-02-06    WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of Sergei's OTB winning combos: http://www.wtharvey.com/tivi.html Jan-02-06    Petrosian63: Tivakov lost a lot of points in the January list. Jan-02-06    sitzkrieg: <Iron Maiden> :"too bad he couldn't have been invited to Corus A next January in place of one of the usual Dutch players, Sokolov or van Wely. A jump from 72nd to 26th is virtually unheard of." He is invited isnt he!? Jan-02-06    suenteus po 147: <sitzkrieg> Yes, he has been invited and will participate. Jan-02-06    BIDMONFA: Sergei Tiviakov TIVIAKOV, Sergei http://www.bidmonfa.com/TIVIAKOV.htm Jan-24-06    Whitehat1963: My hero at Corus 2006. Not! Jan-27-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Wow, I guess Tiviakov is turning into the new drawmeister! 10 draws so far at the Corus tournament... Jan-27-06    Petrosian63: Yawn! Jan-28-06    azaris: After Karjakin, Tiviakov is actually the biggest surprise in Corus 2006. I'd have thought with his boring Alapins as White and Scandinavians as Black he'd taken more beatings, but here his only loss is to Bacrot. Think what you will of so many draws, but surviving with -1 in a field populated with mostly 2700+ players is quite an achievement. Jan-29-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Very nice picture, <lostemperor>! Jan-29-06    iron maiden: Quiet but impressive in his return to the top group. With his black win against Kamsky today he was able to finish even. Jan-30-06    lostemperor: Thanks <EmperorAtahualpa>. This was an easy picture:) Jan-31-06    cuendillar: Quote from chessbase, concerning his play in Corus: <Tiviakov continued to make Gandhi look like Ghengis Khan.> Feb-04-06    DutchDunce: Van Wely had the exact same result at Corus last year - 1 win, 1 loss, all the rest draws. And both VW and Tivvy waited until the final round to chalk up the win. Still no match for Leko's perfecto in Linares. Feb-14-06    lostemperor: After I asked him if I can make this picture (as a "request" from chessgames) he won his only and last round game at Corus A (the next day) and became open blitz tournament winner before Sokolov, Seirawan, Van Wely, Sadler, Kasimdzhanov, Timman among others. Purely coincidence of course:) Feb-14-06    offramp: This is one of the few pages on the internet that mentions both Randi and Ghandi. Feb-14-06    offramp: BIDMONFA: Sergei Tiviakov, Sergei Tiviakov. Feb-17-06    babakova: Tiviakov looks as if he wants to kill me in this pic, alas its a good one... Mar-31-06    SiberianChessFan: I remember seeing a report in an old Soviet newspaper that talked of him as a chess prodigy when he was 9. The interesting thing is that the report mentioned that they had done a story on him a year earlier as a mathematics prodigy. There is a write-up on him at the Corus 2006 page: http://www.coruschess.com/participa... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 6) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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