Evgeny Sveshnikov

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Full Name	Evgeny Sveshnikov
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1950(1950-02-11)
Age	74
Birthplace	Chelyabinsk
Country	Russia
Birth City	Chelyabinsk Oblast
Horoscope	Aquarius

Evgeny Sveshnikov Biography

Evgeny Sveshnikov is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on February 11, 1950 in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov (Russian: Evgenii Ellinovich Sveshnikov ; Latvian: Jevgenijs Svesnikovs; born on 11 Februari 1950) is a Russian writer and chess player. He was conferred an honorary title as Grandmaster from FIDE in 1987.

When competing in team tournaments, the player was in the gold-medal winning Soviet team at the 1996 World Student Team Chess Championship He was also chosen as a reserve player for the Soviet team that participated in the 1997 European Team Chess Championship in Moscow. Even though he was only an internationally-trained master that time, he recorded an average score of 80% in winning both individual and team gold medals. He was a representative of Latvia during the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006, 2008 and in 2010 as well as during the European Team Championship in 2011. In 2016, he was on the highest board in that gold-medal winning Russian team from the 65+ division in the World Senior Team Championship.

Sveshnikov took part the initial USSR Chess Championship when he was just 17 years old. He was recognized by FIDE the titles of International Master in 1975 and Grandmaster in 1977.

Evgeny Sveshnikov Net Worth

Evgeny Sveshnikov is one of the richest Chess Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Evgeny Sveshnikov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

It is the work Sveshnikov performed alongside his close grandmaster Gennady Timoshchenko in the 1970s, 1960s that is the best evidence of his achievements in chess.

In his first international tournament, He was a joint winner at Decin 1974. He also shared the first prize (with Lev Polugaevsky) at Sochi 1976 and was a winner of the category 8 competitions in Le Havre 1977 and Cienfuegos 1979. In Novi Sad in 1979, the two of them shared the second prize Efim Geller. He was second in the competition behind Florin Gheorghiu. At Wijk aan Zee in the year 1981 Sveshnikov was in 3rd place and in 1983, he was the joint winner of Moscow. Sveshnikov was the winner of both the Latvian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2010. The year 2017 was the last time Sveshnikov took home his 65+ division at the World Senior Chess Championship.

Previously known as the Lasker-Pelikan variation of the Sicilian Defence, Sveshnikov’s system was considered of dubious merit until he transformed it into an exciting and fully playable opening. The balance between winning and losing is often on a knife edge, making it an attractive proposition for black players seeking the full point. Mark Taimanov, in an interview, described it as chess opening theory’s “last great discovery”. That it is now regularly played by the world’s leading Grandmasters, supports this view. Vladimir Kramnik and Valery Salov are regarded as expert practitioners of the Sicilian Sveshnikov (categorised by the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 – the Sveshnikov ‘proper’ continuing 6.Ndb5 d6), but Kasparov, Shirov, Leko and Khalifman have also enjoyed success. Moreover, Magnus Carlsen employed this opening several times during the World Chess Championship 2018 match with Fabiano Caruana. The opening is rich in its tactical possibilities and despite being subjected to deep analysis, continues to flourish with new ideas being regularly unearthed. Sveshnikov has authored a comprehensive book on this variation, modestly titled The Sicilian Pelikan.

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Facts & Trivia

Evgeny Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Evgeny Sveshnikov celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.

Top Facts about Evgeny Sveshnikov

1. Evgeny Sveshnikov was a Russian chess player and writer.
2. He was born on February 11, 1950, in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
3. Sveshnikov became an International Master in 1975.
4. He authored several books on chess theory and strategy.
5. Sveshnikov’s eponymous opening is widely used in modern chess.
6. His peak FIDE rating was 2598 in July 1997.
7. Sveshnikov won the USSR Championship twice (1979, 1984).
8. He coached the Latvian national team for many years.
9. Sveshnikov passed away on August 18, 2021, at age 71.
10. He left behind a legacy of innovative contributions to chess theory.