Anton Filippov Explained

Anton Filippov
Birth Date:6 December 1986
Birth Place:Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Grandmaster (2008)
Peakrating:2652 (November 2012)
Peakranking:No. 94 (February 2013)
Fideid:14200988

Anton Filippov (born 6 December 1986 in Tashkent[1]) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2008).

Career

He won the Asian Under 16 Chess Championship 2001 in Doha,[2] and the Asian U18 Athletics Championship in 2004.[3] In 2007 he tied for 1st–3rd with Vladimir Egin and Timur Gareev in the Uzbekistani Chess Championship.[4] In 2008 he won the first Kuala Lumpur Open Championship[5] and tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Constantin Lupulescu, Nidjat Mamedov and Alexander Zubarev in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008.[6] In 2009, he won the fourth President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup in Manila,[7] tied for second with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the fourth Kolkata Open,[8] tied for 3rd–8th with Vadim Malakhatko, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo.[9] He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the first round.[10] In 2010 he tied for 3rd–6th with Ding Liren, Zhou Jianchao and Merab Gagunashvili in the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial in Manila[11] and came first in the First Safin Memorial in Tashkent.[12] In 2011, he tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran L. Petrosian and Marat Dzhumaev in the Georgy Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent.[13]

Filippov played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014.[14]

Filippov recorded his career best performance of 2820 at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2012, where he won the individual silver medal on board two.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14200988&title=GM&pb=19 GM title application
  2. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14200988&title=IM&pb=4 IM title application
  3. https://www.fide.com/FIDE/calendar/download/AsianBU-18_IRI.txt Asian Boys Under 18 Championship 2004
  4. Web site: Tournament report April 2008: Uzbekistan Championship (men). World Chess Federation. 28 May 2010.
  5. Web site: 3rd Kuala Lumpur International Open Chess Championship. World Chess Federation. 28 May 2010. 30 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100330090544/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4427-3rd-kuala-lumpur-international-open-chess-championship.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Tournament report January 2009: Open Romgaz. World Chess Federation. 28 May 2010.
  7. Web site: Fillipov Wins 4th GMA Cup in Manila. World Chess Federation. 28 May 2010.
  8. Web site: Le Quang Liem wins Kolkata Open. Doggers. Peter. 2009-09-10. ChessVibes.com. 28 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003083410/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/le-quang-liem-wins-kolkata-open. 3 October 2012. dead.
  9. Web site: Tournament report November 2009: The Ravana Challenge. World Chess Federation. 28 May 2010.
  10. Web site: The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Mini-Site 2009. Crowther. Mark. 2009-12-15. Chess.co.uk. 16 December 2011. 2011-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20111020184547/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-cup-2009. dead.
  11. Web site: 1st Florencio Campomanes Memorial. Chessdom. 21 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100908092605/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/campomanes-memorial. 8 September 2010 . live.
  12. Web site: Greetings from the recent past. Begmatov. Jamshid. 2011-01-07. ChessBase.com. 10 January 2011.
  13. Web site: Georgy Agzamov Memorial. 26 March 2011 . Chessdom. 26 March 2011.
  14. Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads: Anton Filippov. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 17 January 2016.
  15. Web site: 40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open - Board prizes. Chess-Results.com. 17 January 2016.

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