Vasily Papin Explained

Vasily Papin
Birth Date:September 21, 1988
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Grandmaster (2011)
Peakrating:2583 (September 2011)
Fideid:4143183

Vasily Viktorovich Papin (Russian: Василий Викторович Папин; born 21 September 1988, in Moscow) is a Russian chess Grandmaster.

Chess career

In his younger years, Papin competed in numerous national and international junior tournaments including the European Youth Chess Championship, the World Youth Chess Championship, and the World Junior Chess Championship in Istanbul 2005. He finished third in the U-12 European Youth Chess Championship in Kallithea 2000.[1] He scored 8/8 to win a junior event in Rybinsk 2004.[2]

Papin won the Orienta IM in Moscow 2004/05, finished equal first in the Rostov-on-Don Regional Championship 2005, won the Rybinsk Open 2005, finished equal first in the Azov Cup open 2007, and finished third in the Dubna GM 2007.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Papin participated in the European Individual Chess Championship in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

In 2009, Papin finished equal second in the Doroshkevich Memorial Open in Belorechensk, won the Rostov-on-Don Regional Championship, and won the Peaceful Atom open in Volgodonsk.[8] [9] [10]

In 2010, Papin finished third in the 64th Moscow Blitz Chess Championship, won the Nizhny Don Cup in Azov, jointly won the Mirny Atom in Volgodonsk, won the 5th Dvorkovich Memorial Open in Taganrog, and finished fifth in the 11th World University Chess Championship in Zurich.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Papin was awarded the Grandmaster title in February 2011 for his results in the 7th N.K.Aratovsky Memorial 2007 Open in Saratov, and the 2009 and 2010 M.Chigorin Memorial tournaments in Saint Petersburg.[17]

During 2011, Papin jointly won the 6th Dvorkovich Memorial Open in Taganrog and finished equal second in The 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen.[18] [19] He won the 2012 Moscow Open F Tournament for students, won the 2013 New Caledonia International Open in Nouméa, and finished equal first in the 2013 Australasian Masters GM tournament in Melbourne.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

He finished equal first in the 2014 "Taça Cuca SA" International Open in Luanda.[27]

Papin has played in the Icelandic Team Championship and has represented SV1930 Hockenheim in the German chess Bundesliga. His highest ever FIDE rating was 2583 in September 2011. In recent years, he has been a frequent visitor to Australia and participated in a number of Australian Chess Tournaments,including Australian Masters and Australian Open Championships.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Big Database 2013, ChessBase GmbH
  2. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=28576 Rybinsk 2004 Children
  3. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=30143 Orienta 2004/05 Intl.
  4. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=31485 Rostov-on-Don Region Ch.
  5. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=32981 Rybinsk 2005 Open
  6. http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=9710 Azov Cup 2007 open
  7. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=9293 Dubna GM-Intl tmnt
  8. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=44242 Doroshkevich Memorial
  9. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=45451 Rostov-on-Don region Chmp. 2009 open
  10. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=45448 Peaceful Atom 2009 open
  11. http://en.chessbase.com/post/his-fifth-samovar-morozevich-wins-64th-moscow-blitz 64th Moscow Blitz Championship
  12. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=49233 Nizhny Don Cup 2010 open
  13. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=52282 Mirny Atom 2010
  14. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=49193 5th V.Y.Dvorkovich Memorial 2010 open
  15. http://en.chessbase.com/post/wang-yue-world-university-che-champion World University Chess Championship 2010
  16. http://www.fisu.net/en/2010-WUC-Chess-Update-Wang-Yue-and-Batkhuyag-Munguntuul-win-World-University-Chess-Championship-3133.html?mbID=3160 2010 WUC Chess Update
  17. http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4143183&title=GM&pb=29 Vasily Papin GM Title Application
  18. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=61301 6th V.Y.Dvorkovich Memorial 2011 open
  19. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=61936 The 26th Summer Universiade Individual Men
  20. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=64547 Moscow Open 2012 F
  21. http://open2012.moscowchess.org/eng/default.htm Vasily Papin won RSSU Student Cup
  22. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=82237 Tournoi International de Nouvelle Calédonie
  23. http://en.chessbase.com/post/vasily-papin-wins-new-caledonia-open-060913 Vasily Papin wins New Caledonia Open
  24. http://www.chessdom.com/gm-vasily-papin-convincing-in-new-caledonia-international-chess-open/ GM Vasily Papin convincing in New Caledonia International Chess Open
  25. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=88499 Australasian Masters GM tournament
  26. http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/australian-masters-2013.html Australian Masters 2013
  27. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=91587 XII Torneio Internacional "Taça Cuca SA"