1. Ernesto Kazbekovich Inarkiev is a Russian chess grandmaster, the first ever from Kalmykia.
17 Facts About Ernesto Inarkiev
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Since July 2005, Inarkiev has continuously been among the 100 highest FIDE-rated chess players in the world.
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Ernesto Inarkiev was part of the Moscow team that won the Russian championship in rapid chess in 2015.
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Inarkiev, who was named after Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was born in Khaidarkan, Kyrgyzstan.
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Ernesto Inarkiev played for Kyrgyzstan in two Chess Olympiads: 1998 and 2000.
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Ernesto Inarkiev won the Under-16 division of the European Youth Chess Championship in 2001.
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In 2005 Ernesto Inarkiev moved to Moscow, wherein 2008 graduated from economic faculty of RSSU, in finance and credit.
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Ernesto Inarkiev won the Higher league of the Russian championship twice.
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Ernesto Inarkiev is a five-time winner of the Russian team championship with the team "Tomsk-400" and a two-time winner of European Club Cup with the team "Tomsk-400".
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Ernesto Inarkiev won the 2014 Baku Open and the 3rd Sharjah Masters in 2019.
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Ernesto Inarkiev won the Moscow Open 2015, winning 8 out of 9 matches.
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In 2016, Ernesto Inarkiev won the European Championship in Gjakova with a performance of 2882.
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In November 2017, with a rating 2767, Ernesto Inarkiev became the 16th player in the world in the FIDE rapid chess rating list.
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The main event of the festival is the match Ernesto Inarkiev played against invited stars - Boris Gelfand in 2016 and 2017, Wei Yi in 2018 and Sergey Karjakin in 2019.
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From January 2017 to January 2019, Ernesto Inarkiev was the President of Chess Federation of Ingushetia.
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Ernesto Inarkiev was involved in a rules controversy at the 2017 World Blitz Championship during his game against Magnus Carlsen.
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Ernesto Inarkiev refused to continue, leaving Carlsen as the winner; Ernesto Inarkiev's subsequent appeal was dismissed.