Andrei Deviatkin Explained

Andrei Deviatkin
Birthname:	Андрей Девяткин
Country:	Russia
Birth Date:	7 October 1980
Birth Place:	Moscow, Soviet Union
Grandmaster (2008)
Peakrating:	2608 (November 2010)
Fideid:	4121260

Andrei Deviatkin (Russian: Андрей Девяткин; born October 7, 1980, in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2008).

Chess career

• 2007 – tied for 1st–9th with Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Potkin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Alexander Evdokimov, Denis Khismatullin, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Sergei Azarov in the Aratovsky Memorial in Saratov;^[1]
• 2008 – tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Sergey Fedorchuk, Konstantin Chernyshov, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Vasilios Kotronias and Erwin L'Ami in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open Tournament;^[2]
• 2009 – tied for 5th–10th with Chakkravarthy Deepan, Georgy Timoshenko, Sundar Shyam, Saidali Iuldachev and Shukhrat Safin in the Mumbai Mayor's Cup;^[3]
• 2009 – tied for 1st–5th with Sergey Volkov, Andrey Rychagov, Hrant Melkumyan and Zhou Weiqi in the Chigorin Memorial;^[4]
• 2011 – won the Doeberl Cup in Canberra;^[5]
• 2012 – tied for 2nd–4th with Ziaur Rahman and Attila Czebe in the Mumbai Mayor's Cup;^[6]
• 2018 – won the OSS International in Oslo.^{[7] [8]}

His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "Shadeath".^[9]

Notable games

• Andrei Deviatkin vs Sergei Movsesian, 5th Amplico AIG Life 2005, Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation (B22), 1-0
• Andrei Deviatkin vs Ni Hua, Russian Team Ch. 2009, Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation (E12), 1-0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament report October 2007: Aratovsky Memorial 2007 open. FIDE. 3 April 2011.
2. Web site: GM Vugar Gashimov wins Cappelle la Grande. Chessdom. 24 May 2010.
3. Web site: Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!. Zaveri. Praful. 2009-05-15. ChessBase. 24 May 2010.
4. Web site: M.Chigorin Memorial 2009. World Chess Federation. 20 March 2011.
5. Web site: Andrei Deviatkin Victorious in Canberra. Chessdom. 28 April 2011. 17 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111017023959/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/doeberl-cup-canberra. dead.
6. Web site: Aleksej Aleksandrov defends the trophy in Mumbai. 15 June 2012 . Chessdom. 30 December 2020.
7. Web site: OSS International 2018 – dag 5. 27 June 2018 . BergenSjakk. 30 December 2020.
8. Web site: 2018-06-27. Deviatkin wins OSS international 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726113110/http://www.chessdom.com/deviatkin-wins-oss-international-2018/ . 2018-07-26 . 2020-12-30. Chessdom.
9. Web site: Shadeath. Internet Chess Club. 6 March 2011.