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Vadim Zvjaginsev was born on 18 August, 1976 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, is a Russian chess grandmaster. Discover Vadim Zvjaginsev's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

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Born 18 August 1976
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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1976

Vadim Zvjaginsev (Вади́м Ви́кторович Звя́гинцев; born 18 August 1976 in Moscow) is a Russian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1994.

1992

Shortly after, he came into limelight by becoming one of the youngest Candidate Masters of Sport in USSR and then - one of the Youngerst Masters of Sport (National Masters)Zvjanginsev won the European under-16 championship in 1992.

Two years later, he tied for first place in the Reykjavik Open with Hannes Stefánsson and Evgeny Pigusov.

1994

At the 1994 Chess Olympiad, while still only an International Master, he helped the Russian second team obtain a team bronze medal.

1995

Cifuentes-Parada – Zvjaginsev, Wijk aan Zee Open 1995

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Rd1 0-0 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qc7 12.Nc3 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.Nh4 g6 16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Bd6 18.g3 b5 19.Bf3 b4 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Qc2 Ndf6 22.Ng2 Qd7 23.Ne3 Rad8 24.Bg2?

(see diagram)

24...Nxf2!

25.Kxf2 Rxe3!

26.Bxe3 Ng4+ 27.Kf3 Nxh2+ 28.Kf2 Ng4+ 29.Kf3 Qe6!

30.Bf4 Re8 31.Qc4 Qe3+!!

32.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 33.Kxg4 Bc8+ 34.Kg5 h6+ 35.Kxh6 Re5 0–1

1996

He graduated from Moscow State University (Faculty of Economics) in 1996.

Zviagintsev started playing chess completitively at a young age at the Moscow Chess School of Ollympic Reserve.

1997

He played for the gold medal-winning Russian team in the 1997 World Team Chess Championship and in the 1998 Chess Olympiad.

In 1997, at the FIDE World Championship, which took place in Groningen, he single-handedly knocked out most of the U.S. contingent.

In consecutive rounds, he defeated Joel Benjamin, Gregory Kaidanov and Yasser Seirawan, before losing to fellow Russian GM Alexey Dreev in round 4.

In the same year, Zvjanginsev won the Vidmar Memorial in Portorož.

In team competitions, he took team and individual silver medals at the 1997 European Team Chess Championship.

In the 1997 World Team Chess Championship Zvjanginsev won two gold medals, team and individual playing second reserve board.

1998

With the main Russian team, in 1998 and 2004, he contributed respectively to team gold and team silver medals at the Chess Olympiad.

Zvjaginsev has been described as a very aggressive, tactical player.

Viktor Korchnoi in an interview described him as a very original player, with an unusual view on life, which is reflected in his chess.

He has been known to unleash the occasional outlandish opening novelty in order to catch his opponent off guard and avoid established theory and home preparation.

At a number of recent events, he even rolled out his own startling antidote to the Sicilian Defence, which renders the game a battle of wits from the very start.

The revolutionary 1.e4 c5 2.Na3!?

surprised the entire chess world, not least top grandmasters Khalifman and Ponomariov (both former FIDE World Champions), whom Zvjaginsev defeated with his creation.

The following game demonstrates Zvjaginsev's opportunistic, tactical style.

White probes black's defences on the kingside, the queenside and ultimately in the centre, forcing a series of weaknesses that spell disaster.

2000

In 2000, he was first at Essen (ahead of Dreev and Klaus Bischoff) and triumphed there again in 2002 (this time ahead of Leko).

2002

In 2002, Zvjanginsev took part in the Russia vs Rest of the World match, held in Moscow.

2003

At the Mainz Chess Classic in 2003, he finished joint second behind Levon Aronian, repeating his placing the following year.

2005

At the Russian Championships of 2005, he took 3rd place at the Kazan qualifier and finished joint 4th at the Superfinal.

2006

In 2006, he tied for 2nd at the Poikovsky Karpov Tournament, behind Alexei Shirov.

2011

He won the Russian Cup knockout tournament in 2011 by beating Denis Khismatullin in the final.

2013

In the 2013 Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg, Zvjanginsev tied for 1st–11th with Pavel Eljanov, Dmitry Kokarev, Maxim Matlakov, Alexander Areshchenko, Denis Khismatullin, Oleg Korneev, Dragan Šolak, Sanan Sjugirov, Ivan Bukavshin and Ildar Khairullin.

2014

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 a6 9.b3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bh3 Re8 14.0-0 Nf8 15.Ne5 N6h7 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.g3 Qd6 18.Bg2 Rd8 19.Qc2 Ne6 20.Rfd1 Kg7 21.Qb2 f6 22.Nd3 Nhf8 23.b4 g5 24.Nc5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Qc6 26.e4 Red7 27.exd5 Rxd5 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Rb1 Nd8 30.Qe2 Qd7 31.Rxb7 Nxb7 32.c6 Qxc6 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qe4 1–0

In the following game, Zvjaginsev unleashes a stunning sacrificial attack:

2016

In the 2016 Aeroflot Open, he tied 3rd-10th with Vladimir Fedoseev, Gata Kamsky, Daniil Dubov, Mateusz Bartel, Sanan Sjugirov, Maxim Matlakov, and Mikhail Kobalia.

Zvjaginsev (2635) – Seirawan (2630) [D63] FIDE WCh KO Groningen NED (3.4), 16.12.1997