| Anton Filippov | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Антон Филиппов |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Born | December 6, 1986 |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2636 (November 2011) |
| Peak rating | 2636 (November 2011) |
Anton Filippov (born December 6, 1986) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2008).
In 2007 he tied for 1st–3rd with Vladimir Egin and Timur Gareev in the Uzbekistani Chess Championship.[1] In 2008 he won the first Kuala Lumpur Open Championship[2] and tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Constantin Lupulescu, Nidjat Mamedov and Alexander Zubarev in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008.[3] In 2009, he won the fourth President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup in Manila,[4] tied for second with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the fourth Kolkata Open,[5] tied for 3rd–8th with Vadim Malakhatko, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo.[6] In 2010 he tied for 3rd–6th with Ding Liren, Zhou Jianchao and Merab Gagunashvili in the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial in Manila[7] and came first in the First Safin Memorial in Tashkent.[8] In 2011, he tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran L. Petrosian and Marat Dzhumaev in the Georgy Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent.[9]
Filippov played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006 and 2010.[10] He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the first round.[11] In the November 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2636, making him Uzbekistan's number three.