Gordey Kolesov

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gordey Kolesov
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 2008(2008-08-18)
Age	16
Country	Russia
Birth City	Moscow
Horoscope	Leo

Gordey Kolesov Biography

Gordey Kolesov is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on August 18, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. Gordey Kolesov (born on August 18, 2008) was the 2015 winner of the Talent Show in China (at the age of six years and 5 months) on Chinese central television channel, CCTV-1 as well as an ace in chess competitions as well as a prizewinner of creative contests, can speak five different languages (Russian, Chinese, Spanish, English, French) and knows 5555 Chinese words by heart and is the child prodigy. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) described Gordey “the little Buddha of the chess world.” Gordey has three younger sisters: Milana, Agatha and Eseniya.

Beginning in January 2015 Gordey received formal chess instruction under the direction of Andrey Obodchuk. He relocated into Guangzhou specifically to coach Gordey. From November to April Gordey was a participant in several qualifying tournaments for chess. In April, he was the winner of the qualifying competition in Shenzhen and was awarded the highest rank in the game of chess. Gordey was awarded the champion’s cup at the hands of Ye Jiangchuan, a Chinese grandmaster who is also the coach of many world champions, including the three-time female chess champion (2010 and 2011, 2013) and the most female grandmaster Hou Yifan. In the world championship for schoolchildren held in Pattaya, Thailand (May 5-15 15th, the year 2015), Gordey ranked among the top ten, earning the top score among the young Russian players of his age group.

On June 1, 2015, a video was shown on the Internet from the Talent Show Gala Concert on Chinese Central Television, CCTV-1. Gordey amazed the judges and the audience alike by calculating the age of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from a classical Chinese 16th century novel “Journey to the West.” Popular Chinese TV host Liu Yiwei fell off a sofa after hearing the Russian boy’s monologue. The video gathered more than half a million views in less than three days after it was uploaded to YouTube. The media called Gordey a child prodigy. Gordey’s father, Evgeny Kolesov, told NTV in an interview that he doesn’t think his son is a prodigy. According to his father, “Gordey is just a child that is loved, disciplined, and enjoys studying.”[40] Gordey’s videos are commonly watched by students at the Military Translators Institute under the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense and future diplomats from MGIMO, who speak highly about the boy’s language skills.

In February 2015, Gordey won silver medal for a drawing in the Russian-Chinese children’s and youth creative contest entitled “China to Russia. Bridges of friendship,” organized as part of Years of Russian-Chinese Friendship and Youth Exchanges (2014-2015). In the same month, he won the Audience Choice Award at the first Chinese Calligraphy Hard Pen Contest-2014. A video was shown at the contest with Gordey talking about his calligraphic talents. The prize was awarded by SCO General Secretary Dmitry Mezentsev, who was very excited about the young talent’s achievements (Gordey was the youngest contestant) and called upon everyone to follow Gordey’s example. “During the ceremony the talented Russian boy read a poem by Su Shi (a renowned poet of the Song era – Editor) and received a standing ovation from the audience.” Xinhua, China’s official press agency, also wrote about Gordey’s achievements,.

As of the month September, Gordey took on an extra-curricular position at the school, which included extensive study of the foreign spoken language (English) from the Russian Embassy in China (Beijing). The interest in chess he had developed started at the same time.

Gordey Kolesov Net Worth

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

Gordey is a native of Moscow. He was just 2 months his parents drove the boy into Guangzhou in the city where their father Evgeny Kolesov was the head of Optim Consult, a company that specialized in the supply of equipment and goods from China and having been in China for over 15 years. Russian Name: Gordei Kolesov, Simplified Chinese: Xie Wei Guo the pinyin is Ye Wei Guo – translated from Chinese to “E Great Country” or “E Great State”. Gordey was first seen on television in April of 2014, as part of Alexey Lysenkov’s program titled “Be Your Own Director” (the Russian version of “America’s Funniest Home Videos”) on Russia-1. Gordey was the winner of”Will you dare” in “Will you dare” segment of the show on two occasions when he demonstrated his understanding of Chinese hieroglyphics as well as singing an original song in Chinese along with His younger sister Milana.

Gordey began to become interested in chess in the summer of 2014 when he began to take chess lessons. In November, he’d already played in the Guangzhou Chess tournament, and won Silver Prize.

In spring 2015, two central Chinese TV stations made documentaries about Gordey and his family.

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Facts & Trivia

Gordey Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Gordey Kolesov celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.