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Sergey Kudrin
Kudrin 
Photo courtesy of Eric Schiller.  

Number of games in database: 1,378
Years covered: 1978 to 2016
Last FIDE rating: 2299
Highest rating achieved in database: 2607
Overall record: +582 -277 =506 (61.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 13 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (331) 
    B90 B43 B62 B32 B33
 French Defense (76) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C10
 Sicilian Najdorf (72) 
    B90 B91 B92
 French Tarrasch (70) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C04
 Giuoco Piano (63) 
    C53 C50
 Caro-Kann (47) 
    B11 B10 B18 B17 B15
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (238) 
    B76 B70 B32 B50 B22
 Grunfeld (133) 
    D85 D87 D76 D80 D71
 Sicilian Dragon (101) 
    B76 B70 B78 B77 B72
 English, 1 c4 c5 (47) 
    A30 A36 A37 A33 A34
 Reti System (45) 
    A04
 Queen's Indian (37) 
    E12 E15 E17
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kudrin vs H A Machado Jr, 1988 1-0
   Kudrin vs R Douven, 1989 1-0
   W G Doubleday vs Kudrin, 2004 0-1
   Kudrin vs A C Chow, 1989 1-0
   Hitech vs Kudrin, 1988 0-1
   Kudrin vs D King, 1988 1-0
   D Durham vs Kudrin, 1989 0-1
   Kudrin vs B Finegold, 2001 1-0
   Kudrin vs J Waitzkin, 1995 1/2-1/2
   R Rowley vs Kudrin, 1981 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   5th Manchester Benedictine Open (1982)
   Be'er Sheva (1984)
   Bern (1988)
   Valjevo (1984)
   Bermuda IM (1997)
   Bor (1984)
   Marseille (1987)
   USA Masters (1990)
   Toronto Open (1998)
   New York Open (1987)
   American Continental (2003)
   New York International Open (1984)
   11th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1987)
   Graz Open (1987)
   93rd US Open (1992)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   US Open 1981, Palo Alto, CA by ghost5

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 100th Edward Lasker Mem
   R A Allicock vs Kudrin (Dec-11-16) 1/2-1/2
   Kudrin vs D Brodsky (Dec-11-16) 1-0
   Kudrin vs Majur Juac (Dec-10-16) 1-0
   R Shtivelband vs Kudrin (Dec-09-16) 1/2-1/2
   Kudrin vs A Katz (Aug-28-16) 1/2-1/2

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SERGEY KUDRIN
(born Sep-07-1959, 65 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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IM (1980) and GM (1984) Sergey Viktorovich Kudrin.

Background

A qualified mathematician (1), Sergey Kudrin is a popular and respected US Grandmaster who was born in Novosibirsk, the administrative center of Siberia in what was then the USSR. Since he arrived in the USA in 1978 (1), he has been one of the country's leading and most active players, participating in local, regional and national contests wherever they have been held. His first participation in a US tournament was the 1979 Marshall Open held in March of that year. He gained both his IM and GM titles after he arrived in the USA, and contested the World Championship at the 1999 and 2004 Knockout Tournaments.

Tournaments

Kudrin has built an impressive tournament record in the Americas and Europe, having played mainly in local, regional and national opens, and round robin invitational tournaments up to an including category 10 events. Some of the highlights of his career since 1980 are as follows:

• =2nd at Manchester in 1981 and 1982;
• =1st in Manchester in 1982;
• =1st at the Category 10 New York Tournament in 1983 behind Dmitry Gurevich and Miguel Quinteros
• =1st alongside Istvan Csom in the category 9 Politiken Cup held in Copenhagen in 1983;
• =1st at the category 2 Beer-Sheba Round Robin Tournament in 1984 alongside Viktor Korchnoi and ahead of Wolfgang Unzicker
• 2nd at the category 7 Valjevo Tournament in 1984 behind Vladimir Raicevic
• =2nd at the category 8 Bor Tournament in 1984 behind Slobodan Martinovic
• 1st in the United States Open Championship in 1984 and 2007;
• =1st at Torremolinos 1985;
• =1st at New York in 1985;
• =1st at the Midwest Masters Open in Chicago in 1986 and 1987;
• =2nd at the strong New York Open in 1987, behind Andras Adorjan, but ahead of players like Boris Spassky and Lajos Portisch
• =3rd at the category 10 Marseille event in 1987;
• =2nd at the category 8 Bern Tournament in 1988 behind Miso Cebalo
• =1st at the category 10 London NWYM in 1988 alongside Michael Adams and David Norwood
• =1st at the category 9 Salamanca Tournament in Brazil in 1989 alongside Manuel Rivas Pastor and Tamaz Giorgadze
• 1st at the Las Palmas Open in 1989;
• 1st at the Chania Open in Greece in 1995;
• =1st at the category 3 Mermaid Beach round robin tournament in 1997 alongside William John Donaldson
• =1st at the 3rd Foxwoods Open in 2001;
• 1st at the North East Winter Getaway in 2002;
• =1st at the 5th Foxwoods Open in 2003;
• 1st at the 2nd Annual Fairfield County Open in 2008;
• in 2008 and 2009, he finished runner-up to Aleksandr Lenderman in the USCF Grand Prix standings;
• =1st 41st Annual National Chess Congress in 2010;
• =1st at the Philadelphia Open in 2010;
• 1st at the 5th Annual Fairfield County Open in 2008 and 2011;
• 1st at the 2012 Manhattan Open;
• =1st at the 2013 US Senior Championship;
• 1st at the 2013 Northeast Open in Connecticut;
• =1st at the 31st Annual Sands Regency Reno - Western States Open, played in Reno, Nevada in October 2013;
• 1st at the 32nd Annual Empire City Open 2013 in New York City;
• =1st at the 13th Annual Manhattan Open 2014 in July; and
• 1st at the 44th Annual Continental Open 2014 held in Sturbridge, USA in August 2014.

Championships

<National> Kudrin has been participating in the US Championship since at least 1983. His 3rd place at the 1998 US Championship in Denver Colorado earned him a spot in the 1999 World Championship Knockout Tournament. His 4th place at the US Championship in 2004 qualified him for the World Cup 2005. He also won third place in the US Championship (2008) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

<World> Kudrin earned his qualification into the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999) when he won the playoff for 3rd in the 1998 US Championship (which doubled as Zonal 2.1) against Yasser Seirawan and Roman Dzindzichashvili. There he met Ivan Sokolov in the first round, losing by 1.5-0.5. Seeded directly into the 2nd round of the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004) in Tripoli, Kudrin was no more fortunate than in 1999, meeting Hichem Hamdouchi and losing by 4-3 in the Armageddon blitz tiebreaker. At the World Cup (2005), his run of luck continued when he met Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov in round 1, again losing in the blitz tiebreaker. At the World Cup (2007), he again lost in the first round this time to Francisco Vallejo Pons.

Olympiads

In 1985, Kudrin played board 2 for the USA at the U26 Olympiad, winning team silver. He also represented the USA in the Olympiads of 1988 and 1994, helping his team to 4th place and 7th place respectively.

Ratings and Rankings

Kudrin was ranked in the world's top 100 for extended periods of time between 1983 and 1993. In July 1984, he was rated 2550 and reached his peak world ranking of #32. He reached his peak rating of 2580 in July 1992 when he was ranked #67 in the world. (2)

References and Sources

(1) Profile: http://www.edenhell.net/en/persons/...; (2) http://translate.googleusercontent....; Wikipedia article: Sergey Kudrin; http://rarplayer.appspot.com/wiki/S... (Polish)

Last updated: 2023-02-09 13:05:18

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 page 1 of 56; games 1-25 of 1,378  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kudrin vs A Soltis  0-1301978Continental OpenB06 Robatsch
2. Seirawan vs Kudrin  1-0541979NWC October mA07 King's Indian Attack
3. Kudrin vs P Ostojic  0-1471979Marshall OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. M Paolozzi vs Kudrin  1-0601979Marshall OpenB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
5. Kudrin vs A Williams  1-0461979Marshall OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. Benjamin vs Kudrin  ½-½431979Marshall OpenA14 English
7. L D Evans vs Kudrin  0-1461979Marshall OpenB40 Sicilian
8. Kudrin vs J Tisdall  1-0281979Marshall OpenB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
9. P Biyiasas vs Kudrin  ½-½661979Marshall OpenA04 Reti Opening
10. Kudrin vs A Soltis  1-0321979Marshall OpenB06 Robatsch
11. B Zuckerman vs Kudrin  1-0491979Marshall OpenB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
12. Kudrin vs D Goodman  0-1401979Marshall OpenB06 Robatsch
13. Chandler vs Kudrin  ½-½821979Philadelphia InternationalE12 Queen's Indian
14. Kudrin vs B Gold 1-031197980th US OpenC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
15. Gheorghiu vs Kudrin 1-037197980th US OpenE12 Queen's Indian
16. D Gogel vs Kudrin  ½-½28197980th US OpenE41 Nimzo-Indian
17. M Brooks vs Kudrin  1-026197980th US OpenA13 English
18. I Ivanov vs Kudrin  1-0351980Quebec OpenE12 Queen's Indian
19. Kudrin vs I Rogers  ½-½391981Bar Point InternationalC03 French, Tarrasch
20. Kudrin vs Ivkov 1-0361981Lone Pine OpenC55 Two Knights Defense
21. J Tarjan vs Kudrin ½-½1011981Lone Pine OpenC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
22. Kudrin vs A Yusupov  ½-½201981Lone Pine OpenB33 Sicilian
23. B Ivanovic vs Kudrin  ½-½541981Lone Pine OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
24. A Soltis vs Kudrin  1-0411981Lone Pine OpenB33 Sicilian
25. Kudrin vs D H Campora  ½-½611981Lone Pine OpenC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Aug-11-04  who: How does chessgames choose the player of the day (there doesn't seem to be anything special about him).
Aug-11-04  AdrianP: <who> <there doesn't seem to be anything special about him> I understand that it's random.
Aug-11-04  cuendillar: <there doesn't seem to be anything special about him> Maybe all inerresting players have already became player of the day and they don't want to repeat themselves too much.
Nov-27-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: He won the 3rd round of the US Championship yesterday, in a great game!...just replayed it quickly, he had to defend what seems like a crushing attack. The only player now with 3 straight wins.
Nov-03-05  dakgootje: Imagine that he sits at a kitchen table with a mug of coffee and a newspaper in front of him in the same clothes, face expression and almost-closed eyes...Would almost think he was just rolled out of his bed, stumbled downstairs in his pyjamas without looking in some kind to see whether his hair sits nicely or whether he already shaved or that that was yesterday...or some day before...Now add the situation of the kitchen + newspaper + coffee with the situation he sits here...I think immediately about some kind of man who after a long week of working relaxs a little on saturday morning..:)
Nov-03-05  aw1988: What?
Nov-13-05  dakgootje: Ow, new photo, never mind my previous comment then as it isnt correct with this photo ;-)
Dec-24-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here's a little collection of Sergey's otb combinations: http://www.wtharvey.com/kudr.html
Feb-01-06  MorphyMatt: I just went to a tournament with him in it.
Feb-01-06  Resignation Trap: <MorphyMatt> What tournament was that? And how did you do?
Feb-02-06  MorphyMatt: <ResignationTrap> The New England Winter Getaway Tournament in Marlborough, MA (1/28-1/29/06). I didn't do so well. Won 2, lost 2, and drew 1.
Feb-02-06  MorphyMatt: The best player there was Larry Christiansen
Feb-02-06  MorphyMatt: The second game:

Matt NN
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Bf5
5. Ng3 Bg6
6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7
8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Ngf6
10. Bf4 e6
11. 0-0-0 Be7
12. Rhe1 Nd5
13. Bd2 a5
14. Ne5 Nb4
15. Bxb4?! Bxb4?!
16. Re3 Be7
17. Ne4 Nb6
18. Rf3 0-0
19. g4 a4
20. Rg1 a3?!
21. b3 Bg5+
22. Nxg5?! Qxg5+
23. Kb1 Ra5
24. Qc3 Rb5
25. Rfg3 Nd5
26. Qd3 Rd8
27. Qf3 f6?!
28. Ng6 c5
29. c4?? Qd2!

0-1

Feb-02-06  MorphyMatt: fourth game:

NN Matt
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e3 d6
5. Bd3 0-0
6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Qc2 Nbd7
8. Bd2 c5
9. 0-0-0 cxd4
10. exd4 Re8
11. Rhe1 Rc8
12. h3 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Qa5?!
14. Nd5 Qxa2
15. Nxe7+ Rxe7
16. Rxe7 b5
17. b3?! Qa1+
18. Qb1 Qxd4
19. Re2 bxc4
20. bxc4?! Rb8
21. Bb4 a5
22. Re4?? Nxe4

0-1

Jul-07-06  Waffles: He looks frumpy.
Sep-07-06  BIDMONFA: Sergey Kudrin

KUDRIN, Sergey
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kudrin_serg...
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Sep-08-06  melianis: He seems like the only current GM to play Giuoco Piano with some frequency. Another thing, he exclusively opens with 1.e4 (369 games vs. 3 games), and responds almost always with 1...c5. Against 1.d4 ...Nf6 is the only move he has played in this database.
Jan-03-08  Cactus: Sweet, someone who plays the dragon!
Jan-03-08  Cactus: And is so sucsessful with it!
Jan-03-08  whiteshark: ...if you only watch the <0-1> results, yes! :D
Feb-15-08  whiteshark: Oh, User: Cactus, where are thou ? http://understanding-axiao.blogspot...
Mar-09-08  DarthStapler: I just visited the Connecticut State Open Championship and Kudrin was there, I saw him playing. I was standing only a few feet away from him.
Mar-09-08  MichAdams: You should have summoned the courage to ask to kiss his ring.
Sep-07-08  SleepyEye: Sergey seems to be a very nice person. I once got a draw off him in a simul. He congratulated me after the game and actually seemed to be sincere about it. Unfortunately, very unusual for a GM.
Sep-07-08  Cactus: <Whiteshark> Huh?
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