Igor Kurnosov

Igor Kurnosov

Igor Kurnosov, Lublin 2010
Full name Игорь Курносов
Country Russia
Born (1985-05-30)30 May 1985
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Died 8 August 2013(2013-08-08) (aged 28)
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Title Grandmaster
Peak rating 2680 (May 2010)
(No. 52 in the May 2010 FIDE World Rankings)

Igor Kurnosov (Russian: Игорь Курносов; 30 May 1985 – 8 August 2013) was a Russian chess grandmaster.

In 2004 he won the 8th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in Bad Wiessee edging out on tiebreak other five grandmasters.[1] Kurnosov took clear first place at the Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Norway in 2008, [2] 2008/9 Hastings Masters tournament[3] and 2011 Politiken Cup in Helsingør, Denmark.[4] Kurnosov shared the first place with Boris Grachev in the Zurich Christmas Open in January 2012.[5] In May 2013 he won the Nakhchivan Open on tiebreak over Aleksandr Shimanov and Gadir Guseinov.[6] Two months later, in July 2013, Kurnosov won the 20th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, edging out Zahar Efimenko, Mikhailo Oleksienko and Avetik Grigoryan on tiebreak.[7]

On the August 2013 FIDE rating list, Kurnosov ranked 84th in the world with a 2662 rating.[8]

Kurnosov was hit and killed by a car on 8 August 2013 at 2:45 am in his home town Chelyabinsk, aged 28.[9]

Notable games

Kurnosov defeated top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at the 2009 Aeroflot Open in Moscow in 21 moves. Mamedyarov filed a complaint of cheating following the game, but the complaint was dismissed.[10][11]

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