Anton Filippov

Anton Filippov
Full name Антон Филиппов
Country  Uzbekistan
Born December 6, 1986
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2591 (May 2015)
Peak rating 2652 (November 2012)

Anton Filippov (born 6 December 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, 2010 and 2012.[10] He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the first round.[11] Filippov recorded his career best performance of 2820 at the Istanbul Olympiad in 2012.[12] In the March 2013 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2652, making him Uzbekistan's number two player and number 97 in the world.

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament report April 2008: Uzbekistan Championship (men)". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "3rd Kuala Lumpur International Open Chess Championship". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Tournament report January 2009: Open Romgaz". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Fillipov Wins 4th GMA Cup in Manila". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Doggers, Peter (2009-09-10). "Le Quang Liem wins Kolkata Open". ChessVibes.com. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Tournament report November 2009: The Ravana Challenge". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "1st Florencio Campomanes Memorial". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  8. ↑ Begmatov, Jamshid (2011-01-07). "Greetings from the recent past". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Georgy Agzamov Memorial". Chessdom. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Marat Dzhumaev". OlimpBase. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  11. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2009-12-15). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Mini-Site 2009". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open". Chess-results. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

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