Sergei Rublevsky
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| Sergei Rublevsky | ||
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| Full name | Сергей Владимирович Рублевский | |
| Country |  Russia |
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| Born | October 15, 1974 Kurgan, Russia |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2695 (No. 28 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2695 (January 2008) | |
Sergei Rublevsky (born 15 October 1974) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He became champion of the prestigious Aeroflot Open in 2004, and he became the Russian chess champion after winning brilliantly and unexpectedly the Russian SuperFinal in Moscow (18-30 December, 2005), one point clear from Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Morozevich.
He finished in the top 10 in the 2005 FIDE World Cup, which qualified him for the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007, played in May-June 2007. He defeated Ruslan Ponomariov 3.5-2.5 in the first round. In the second round he played Alexander Grischuk. The match was tied 3-3, but Grischuk won the rapid playoff 2.5-0.5, eliminating Rublevsky from the championship.
| Preceded by Garry Kasparov |
Russian Chess Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Evgeny Alekseev |
[edit] External links
- Chessbase article on Russian Championship
- FIDE rating card for Sergei Rublevsky
- Sergei Rublevsky at ChessGames.com
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