Evgeny Pigusov

Evgeny Pigusov
CountrySoviet Union → Russia
Born (1961-03-31) March 31, 1961 (age 63)
Kemerovo, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1987)
FIDE rating2555 (December 2024)
Peak rating2623 (January 2002)
Peak rankingNo. 54 (July 1989)

Evgeny Pigusov (Russian: Евгений Пигусов; born March 31, 1961) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1987. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, where he reached the third round.[1]

Career

Pigusov tied for the first place at the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen in 1986,[2][3] the Chigorin Memorial in Sochi in 1987,[4] the Reykjavik Open in 1994.[5] He tied for 1st at Havana 1986, tied for 2nd at Moscow 1987 and Dordrecht 1988.[6][unreliable source?] In team events, Pigusov won the team gold medal in the European Chess Club Cup in 1988, playing for CSKA Moscow, and the World Cities Chess Championship in 1999 playing for Kemerovo.[7]

Notable games

References

  1. ^ "World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Copenhagen Open / Politiken Cup". Københavns Skak Union (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  3. ^ "8. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup 1986". Danbase. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  4. ^ Popovsky, Alexey. "Sochi 1987". RUSBASE. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  5. ^ "Skáksamband Íslands | The Icelandic Chess Federation | Reykjavik Open - history". www.skaksamband.is. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  6. ^ "The chess games of Evgeny Pigusov". ChessGames.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  7. ^ Evgeny Pigusov team chess record at Olimpbase.org


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