Dmitry Svetushkin (Russian: Дмитрий Светушкин; Romanian: Dumitru Svetuşchin; 25 July 1980 – 4 September 2020) was a Moldovan chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.
Dmitry Svetushkin | |
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 Svetushkin at 2016 Chess Olympiad, Baku | |
| Country | Moldova |
| Born | 25 July 1980 Moldavian SSR |
| Died | 4 September 2020 (aged 40) Chișinău, Moldova |
| Title | Grandmaster (2002) |
| Peak rating | 2621 (November 2011) |
He won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 2000. He tied for first with Johan Hellsten and Marcin Szymański in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.[1] In 2007 he tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Vadim Malakhatko, Mircea Parligras, Hristos Banikas, and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis in the Acropolis International Tournament[2] and tied for 3rd–9th with Pavel Smirnov, Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeny Vorobiov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Vladimir Dobrov, and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament.[3] In 2008 he won the 2nd Gap Open.[4] In 2010 he tied for 1st–3rd with Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Alexander Zubarev at Palaiochora.[5] In 2012 Svetushkin won the 2nd International Tournament Isthmia in Vrachati on tiebreak from Eric Hansen and Shyam Sundar,[6] and the 17th Bora Kostic Memorial, a category 14 round-robin tournament in Vršac.[7] In 2017, he finished second in the 19th Sants Open in Barcelona[8] and won the 3rd Ceramica Corund Open on tiebreak from Benjamin Gledura.[9]
Svetushkin played for the Moldovan national team in the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship. In the 2014 Olympiad he achieved a rating performance of 2809, the fourth best on board two.[10]
Dmitry Svetushkin died on 4 September 2020.[11]
Books
edit- Svetushkin, Dmitry (2013). The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld: A Sämisch Repertoire. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782944.
References
edit- ^ Crowther, Mark (2003-07-28). "TWIC 455: Ikaros Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007". ChessBase. 2007-08-26. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "Illya Nyzhnyk wins Group B in Moscow Open". ChessBase. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "2e Open International de Gap". FIDE. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "3rd International Chess Tournament of Paleohora". FIDE. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "GM Dmitry Svetushkin wins International Chess Tournament Isthmia 2012". Chessdom. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ Crowther, Mark. "17th Bora Kostic Memorial 2012". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ Densing, Gerd (2017-08-31). "Rinat Jumabayev tops Barcelona". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2 October 2017). "TWIC 1195: 3rd Ceramica Corund Open". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Dumitru Svetuşchin". OlimpBase. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Погиб один из ведущих гроссмейстеров Молдавии Дмитрий Светушкин". Chess-News. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
External links
edit- Dmitry Svetushkin chess games at 365Chess.com
- Dmitry Svetushkin player profile and games at Chessgames.com