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Sergey Kudrin – American Chess Grandmaster

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Sergey Kudrin is a Chess Grandmaster from The United States of America with a peak Elo rating exceeding 2600 in FIDE, making him one of the best American chess players in the world.

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Full name: Sergey Kudrin

Title: Grandmaster – Achieved in 1984

Place of birth: Soviet Union

Born:  September 7, 1959

Federation: United States of America

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    • George Grasser vs Sergey Kudrin – Chess Now Live Broadcast – Manhattan, USA – December 03, 2009
    • Sergey Kudrin vs Hermes Amilcar Machado Jr – Thessaloniki Olympiad, Round 5 – Thessaloniki, Greece – November 18, 1988
    • Sergey Kudrin vs Rudy Douven – GMA Baleares Open, Round 6 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain – December 01, 1989

Ratings

World Rank: 2752

Classical: 2356

Rapid: Not Rated

Blitz: Not Rated

Peak Rating: 2606

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Biography

Sergey Kudrin is an American Chess grandmaster who was born in the Soviet Union. Kudrin was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984. In July of 2009, Kudrin had an elo rating of 2578.

Kudrin has frequently supported chess-related endeavors, including luring Boris Spassky to the Western States Open in 2004 and 2005. Alexander Hart, a bandy and floorball player, was one of his previous students.

The Beginning

Sergey Kudrin was one of the top Dutch chess players of the 2000s. In the Dutch Chess Tournament, he took home four medals: a silver in 2017 and three bronzes in 2010, 2011, and 2014, consecutively.

In addition to Lichfield in 2000 and the Schaakfestival in Groningen in 2001, 2005, and 2006, Ernst has won other international chess competitions. At the second reserve board of the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Ernst represented the Netherlands in the chess competition in 2002.

Ernst represented the Netherlands in the 17th European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad in 2009 as he competed on the reserve board.

Notable tournaments Sergey Kudrin played include; the 5th Manchester Benedictine Open (1982), Be’er Sheva (1984), New York Open (1987), Bern (1988), NatWest Young Masters (1988), Seville Open (1990), Chessmaster US Championship 2005 (2004), 11th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1987), US Championship (2007), New York Open (1989), HB Global Chess Challenge (2005), American Continental (2003), American Continental Championship (2005), 102nd US Open (2001) and 93rd US Open (1992)

Notable Achievements

Kudrin finished third in the 2008 Frank K. Berry United States Chess Championship, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Additionally, Kudrin placed  third in the World Chess Live Grand Prix standings for 2008.

In 2007 and 2008, Kudrin was a respected participant in the United States Chess League. In 1984 and 2007, Kudrin took home the United States Open Championship.

Notable Games

George Grasser vs Sergey Kudrin – Chess Now Live Broadcast – Manhattan, USA – December 03, 2009

Sergey Kudrin vs Hermes Amilcar Machado Jr – Thessaloniki Olympiad, Round 5 – Thessaloniki, Greece – November 18, 1988

Sergey Kudrin vs Rudy Douven – GMA Baleares Open, Round 6 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain – December 01, 1989

Did you enjoy reading about Sergey Kudrin? If you did, you might also be interested in reading about other players such as Hikaru Nakamura, Emanuel Lasker, and Paul Morphy.

Sources

  1. https://www.chessgames.com/player/sergey_kudrin.html
  2. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2000164
  3. http://www.mvt.se/sport/hart-tror-pa-ifk-i-vinter-10449507.aspx
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