Artyom Timofeev is a Russian Chess Grandmaster with over a 2500 Elo rating from FIDE.
Last Updated: July 21, 2022
Full Name: Artyom Timofeev
Title: Grandmaster
Born: January 6, 1985
Place of Birth: Kazan, Russia
Federation: Russia
Ratings
World ranking: 336
Rapid: 2560
Blitz: 2578
Classical: 2564
Profiles
Biography
Artyom Timofeev was born on January 6, 1985, in Kazan, Russia. Both his parents lived and raised him in Kazan. He started participating in chess games early in his youth stages. At just 14 years, Timofeev was featured in the World Youth Championships in the under 14 sections. Timofeev finished in second place in this chess championship, while first place was secured on a tie break between Andrei Volokitin and Zahar Efimenko. This was Timofeev’s first international chess championship in his chess career. He continued with positive progress and won many FIDE titles and chess tournaments. He is currently a chess grandmaster and a champion of many chess tournaments.
The Beginning
Timofeev started featuring in chess games in 1999 when he first competed in the World Youth under 14 chess championships. He finished in second place in the tournament and was aged 14. In 2000, Timofeev secured a chance to compete in the European Youth Championships in the under 18 sections. He won the tournament to become the under-18 champions. This was a great achievement in his chess career and made him gain more popularity in chess games among other veteran chess players.
In 2013, Artyom won his grandmaster title from the FIDE organization. He competed in Cappelle la Grande open tournament in 2004; In these games, he finished third after tying with Zoltan Gyimesi, Evgeniy Najer, Sergey Grigoriants, Kaido Kulaots, and Oleg Korneev.
Timofeev was named the Russian chess championships junior division winner in 2005. He also competed in the Simba cup held in the same year in Skanderborg, Denmark. Timofeev finished second in the tournament on a tiebreak with Zhang Pengxiang, Lazaro Bruzon, and Kamil Milton. Later in the same tournament, he was named the brilliancy prize winner in the game he played against Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu.
In 2005, Artyom secured a chance to compete in the FIDE chess world cup tournament for the first time. In this tournament, he reached the second place after losing to Emil Sutovsky, who was later named the winner of the games. In 2007, Timofeev defeated Vadim Zvjaginsev by 1.5 against 0.5 in the final game of the Russian cup. This made him declared the winner of the tournament. He later participated in the Moscow open tournament the following year. He becomes the winner of the tournament together with the Russian higher league championships.
In 2008, he qualified to play in the super final of the Russian championships and finished in seventh place after scoring 6/11. There were 12 participants in the tournament and hence managed to defeat five players. He competed in the 14th edition Elite group in the Capablanca Memorial tournament in 2009. He finished the tournament with four points over a total of ten. He also played in the 2009 FIDE Chess world cup and finished in the second round after facing a defeat from Sergey Karjakin.
In 2010, he won the European chess championships individual category of the 11th edition of the games that were held in Rijeka. His chess career was a great achievement, making him qualify to compete in the 2011 World Cup. In this tournament, Sergei Azarov eliminated Timofeev Artyom in the first round of the games. He became the winner of the Tikhookeansky rapid Meridian games held in Vladivostok in 2014. This was after he knocked out Dmitry Bonchov and Vladimir Belous on a tiebreak. Timofeev also played for the national team in the European championships in 2005 and the 39th edition of the Chess Olympiad held in 2010.
Achievements
Artyom is a high profiled chess player with great achievements in his chess career. He is a chess grandmaster, a title he won in 2003 from FIDE. He is also the champion of the 2000 under 18 sections of the European youth championships. He achieved his highest FIDE rating of 2690 in July 2010. He also won a bronze medal in the European individual championships in 2010. playing for his national team in the Chess Olympiad in 2010 and the European individual championships in 2005.
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