Evgeniy Najer

Evgeniy Najer
Country  Russia
Born June 22, 1977
Moscow
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2663 (May 2015)
(No. 116 on the March 2011 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 2682 (October 2008)

Evgeniy Najer (born 22 June 1977) is a Russian chess Grandmaster. In 2002 he shared the victory of the U.S. Open Chess Championship with Gennadi Zaichik[1] and in 2003 won the Moscow City Chess Championship.[2]

He tied for 1st–6th with Kaido Külaots, Artyom Timofeev, Zoltan Gyimesi, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2004.[3] In the same year he tied for 1st–3rd with Michael Roiz and Leonid Gofshtein in the Ashdod Chess Festival.[4] In 2007 he tied for 1st–2nd with Vasily Yemelin in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament.[5] In both 2008 and 2009 he won the World Open in Philadelphia.[6] In July 2009, he tied for first with Robert Fontaine in the Paleohora Open Tournament.[7] In 2010, he tied for 2nd–5th with Michael Adams, Victor Mikhalevski and Jiří Štoček the 14th Chicago Open.[8]

He was one of the seconds of Gata Kamsky in his 2009 match against Veselin Topalov.[9]

Najer is Jewish.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Donaldson, John. "Mechanics' Chess Club – Newsletter #068-119 (compilation)". Mechanics' Chess Club. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tournament report July 2003: Final Moscow Men Ch. – Russia". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark. "TWIC: Cappelle-la-Grande 2004". London Chess Center. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2005-01-10). "TWIC 531: 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Illya Nyzhnyk wins Group B in Moscow Open". ChessBase. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  6. ↑ In 2008 after play-off with Parimarjan Negi, Lubomir Ftacnik and Alexander Moiseenko; In 2009 after play-off with Hikaru Nakamura. The Week in Chess 713
  7. ↑ "Paleohora International Open Chess Tournament". Chessdom. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  8. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2010-05-01). "The Week in Chess: 14th Chicago Open 2010". London Chess Centre. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  9. ↑ "Topalov-Kamsky starts with a draw and an odd legal note". ChessVibes. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "Chess in Maccabiah". International Chess Tournaments Maccabliah 2013 – תחרויות שחמט בינלאומיות, מכביה 2013. 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

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