Michał Krasenkow

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Michał Krasenkow
Warsaw 2004
Full name Michał Krasenkow
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Born November 14, 1963 (1963-11-14) (age 44)
Moscow, Russia
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2660
(No. 48 on the July 2007 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 2702 (July 2000)

Michał Krasenkow (born 14 November 1963) is Poland's strongest chess player after World War II, a chess trainer and writer.

He was born in Moscow (formerly Mikhail Krasenkov - Михаил Красенков). Master of applied mathematics (1985). His first notable successes date back to the 80s: he became a national master of the USSR in 1982, an International Master in 1988 and an International Grandmaster in 1989. He became Champion of Georgia in 1987 and team champion of the USSR (with "Tigran Petrosian Chess Club", Moscow) in 1990.

In 1992 Krasenkow emigrated to Poland. Since 1996 he represents that country at international competitions. Two-times champion of Poland (2000, 2002). Krasenkow holds an unofficial record of winning Polish team championships, which he has done 13 times: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998 with "Stilon" Gorzów Wielkopolski, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 with "Polonia" Warsaw. European Cup winner (1997, with the Russian team "Ladia" Azov) and silver medalist (2001, 2003, 2005 with "Polonia Plus GSM" Warsaw). Representant of Poland at European team championships and Chess Olympiads since 1996 (European team championships: Pula 1997 - 3rd place on Board 1, Batumi 1999 - 2nd place on Board 1). Also German team champion (2006, 2007) and German Cup winner (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) with Ooser Schachclub Baden-Baden.

He participated in all FIDE k.o. World Championships since 1997. Best results: Groningen/Lausanne (1997/98) - 5th round qualifier (last 9); Las Vegas (1999) - 3rd round qualifier (last 32); Tripoli (2004) – 4th round qualifier (last 16).

Major tournament victories: Moscow (1992, Mikhail Tal Memorial) - I-III places (tied), New York (1997) - I-II, Vilnius (1997, Vladas Mikenas Memorial) - I, Shanghai (2001, Tan Chin Nam Cup - category 16) - I-III, Ostrava (2007, category 16) - I.

Important tournament victories: Budapest 1989 - I-II places (tied), Vienna 1990 - I-VI, Gausdal 1991 - I-II, Katowice 1992 - I-II, Metz 1993 - I-III, Pardubice 1993 - I-V, Las Palmas 1993 - I-II, Pardubice 1994 - I-II, Stockholm 1994/95 - I, Stockholm 1995/96 - I, Asti 1996 - I, Reggio Emilia 1996/97 - I, Buenos Aires 1998 - I-V, Cutro 1999 - I, Shanghai 2000 - I-II, Barlinek 2001 - I-III, Kavala 2001 - I-II, Bad Wiessee (2001) - I-IV, Wijk aan Zee 2002, tournament “B” – I, Budapest (2004) - I, Vlissingen (2006) - I, Wijk aan Zee 2007, tournament “C” – I, Elsinore 2007 - I-V, Mumbai 2008 - I-VI.

Runner-up in major tournaments in Hastings 1993/94 (behind John Nunn), Polanica Zdroj 1995 (behind Veselin Topalov), Pamplona 1998/99 (behind Alexander Morozevich), Lviv 2000, (FIDE Category 17) behind Vassily Ivanchuk. Polanica Zdroj 1998 (Category 17) - III-VI places.

In 2000 Krasenkow crossed the extra-class threshold of 2700 rating points, obtaining 2702 in July and October rating lists. He was ranked number ten in the world at that time. In January 2007 he is ranked number 53 in the world with a 2651 mark.

Krasenkow achieved notable successes in rapid chess: USSR Cup (Tallinn 1988) - I-II places (tied), European Championships (Gijon 1988) - IV-VII, GMA tournament (Murcia, 1990, with more than 100 Grandmasters participating) - V-VI, USSR Cup (Lviv, 1990) - I, CIS Cup (Moscow, 1991) - I, Russian Open Cup (Moscow, 1997) - I.

Blitz: champion of Poland (1999, 2001).

He was a coach of some top chess players, national teams and young prodigies. Bangladeshi Grandmasters Ziaur Rahman, Reefat bin-Sattar and Abdullah al-Rakib are his pupils.

Krasenkow wrote several books on chess theory: "The Open Spanish". London, Cadogan Books, 1995 "The Sveshnikov Sicilian". London, Cadogan Books, 1996

Krasenkow plays aggressive, spectacular chess. He has won many "best game" awards.

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