Ernesto Inarkiev is a Chess Grandmaster from Russia with Elo ratings above 2600 from FIDE, making him one of the best Russian Chess players.
Last Updated: July 22, 2022
Full Name: Ernesto Inarkiev
Title: Grandmaster
Born: December 9, 1985
Place of birth: Russia
Federation: Russia
Ratings
World ranking: 88
Rapid: 2678
Blitz: 2639
Classical: 2661
Profiles
Biography
Inarkiev was born on December 9, 1985, in a town that was previously part of the Soviet Union called Khaidarkan. In 2000, he joined the Russian Chess Federation after accepting Ilyumzhinov Kirsan ‘s invitation to live in Elista with his household. In 2001, he easily clinched the European Youth chess Tournament U16 title. In this later tournament, Inarkiev finished third. In the 2010 Moscow Open, he finished 1st-4th alongside Konstantin Chernyshov, Lê Quang Liêm, and Evgeny Bareev. With a score of 5/9, he finished third in the 14th Karpov Poikovsky Tournament.
At a young age, he developed a passion for chess and earned a victory in several tournaments including the Asian U16 Tournament in 1999 as well as the Men’s Tournament of Kyrgyzstan. Inarkiev competed for his country in two chess olympiads, first in 1998 and second in 2000. Two years later, he emerged victorious in the Russian Junior U20 tournament. He moved to Moscow in 2005 and later in 2008, he attained and graduated from the Economics faculty of RSSU in Finance & Credit.
He became the 16th chess master globally to attain a FIDE rating of 2767 in 2017. Inarkiev was given the role of heading the Chess Federation of Ingushetia between 2017 to 2019. He captained the establishment of chess in schools across the republic in collaboration with the Russian Chess Federation as well as the Timchenko Foundation.
The Beginning
After moving to Moscow, Inarkiev realigned his chess career tactics and in 2006, he triumphed in the Top tier of the Russian Tournament, a victory he again achieved in 2013. In that same year, he came to the third position in the Grand finale of the 59th Russian chess Tournament. Inarkiev together with the Russian squad has achieved victory in the Russian squad tournament on five occasions- 2004- 2007, 2009 & 2012. He also claimed the European Club Trophy with his club Tomsk- 400 twice; in 2005 & 2006.
In 2014, he contested in the Baku Open and emerged victorious before going on to clinch the 2019 Third Sharjah Masters. In 2015, Inarkiev played nine games and attained victory in eight of them thus helping him win the Moscow Open. A year later in Gjakova, he claimed victory in the European Tournament after hitting an exemplary result of 2882.
During his career in 2017 at the World Blitz Tournament, Inarkiev was engaged in a guidelines disagreement when he competed with Carlsen Magnus. Carlsen checked Inarkiev with barely seconds remaining on the timer, who subsequently ignored the checking and made an illegitimate advancement, placing his competitor in check. His Opponent pulled his king aside from the threat, causing him to convene an arbitrator and request that they proclaim him the victor due to Carlsen’s improper action.
The arbitrator declared Ernesto Inarkiev the winner, however, the verdict was swiftly reversed by the head arbitrator, whose determination was that Ernesto Inarkiev’s gambit wasn’t unlawful although it yielded an unlawful situation and allowed the players to resume the play from where it was interrupted. Carlsen triumphed when Inarkiev declined to proceed; Inarkiev’s ensuing application was rejected.
The arbiters’ opinions were conflicted in the debate that followed this occurrence. Several renowned arbitrators agreed that in this instance, the principle concerning an unlawful situation ought to be implemented: there are no permissible movements in an illegitimate situation, thus the match cannot be resumed, and the arbitrator should pronounce a tie as a consequence of such a tournament.
Notable tournaments he recently competed in include;
- TCh-RUS Premier 2022
- Bundesliga 2019-20
- Tournament of Peace 2021
- 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Other tournaments he previously played include; Baku Open (2014), Moscow Open (2015), European Championship (2016), X Anibal Open (2003), Sunway Sitges Open (2018), 41st World Junior Championship (2002), European Championship (2009), European Club Cup (2004), Aeroflot Open (2017), Moscow Open A (2016), European Championship (2011), European Championship (2018), Chigorin Memorial Open (1997), European Championship (2010) and the European Championship (2003).
Achievements
He clinched the Asian U16 title and the Kyrgyz tournament in 1999. He triumphed in the Under-20 Russian junior championship in Vladimir in 2002, scoring 9.5/11. In 2006, he emerged victorious in the Russian Tournament Professional League, a preliminary competition for the 59th Russian Chess Tournament grand finale. In 2014, Inarkiev claimed the Baku Open. He did win the Moscow Open in 2015 with a score of 8/9.
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