1. Emil Sutovsky was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1996.
11 Facts About Emil Sutovsky
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Emil Sutovsky was the president of the Association of Chess Professionals from 2012 to 2019.
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Emil Sutovsky achieved notable successes by winning the World Junior Chess Championship in Medellin in 1996, finishing first at the double round-robin VAM Hoogeveen Tournament in 1997 and winning Hastings 2000.
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In 2001, Sutovsky won the European Individual Chess Championship after rapid tiebreaks with Ruslan Ponomariov.
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Emil Sutovsky played in three FIDE Knock-out World Championships: in 1997 he was eliminated in the first round by Gildardo Garcia; in 2000 he was eliminated in the first round by Igor Nataf; in 2001 he was eliminated in round three by the eventual runner-up Vasyl Ivanchuk.
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Emil Sutovsky did not participate in the controversial FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 because of concerns about how its host, Libya, would treat Israeli players.
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Emil Sutovsky took part in Chess World Cup 2005, Chess World Cup 2007, Chess World Cup 2009 and Chess World Cup 2011 with a moderate success.
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In 2007, Emil Sutovsky became a second of US Grandmaster Gata Kamsky, helping him to win the Chess World Cup 2007.
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In September 2009, Emil Sutovsky won Inventi Chess Tournament in Antwerp.
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Emil Sutovsky represented Israel in nine Chess Olympiads from 1996 to 2014.
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Emil Sutovsky speaks five languages and occasionally participates in trivia contests.