Georgy Agzamov
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Georgy Tadzhikhanovich Agzamov (September 6, 1954, Tashkent
– August 27, 1986, Sevastopol
) was a Soviet chess
Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1982 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984.
In 1966, at the age of 12, he was the chess champion of his town of Almalyk
(Olmaliq) in the province of Tashkent of central Uzbekistan
.
In 1971, he took 2nd place in the USSR Junior Chess Championship, held in Riga
.
In 1973, he played in his first Uzbekistani chess championship
. He won the event in 1976 and 1981.
He was the first Grandmaster from Uzbekistan
in 1984.
He was a philologist.
Best results: 1st at Belgrade
1982; 1st at Vršac
1983; 1st at Sochi
1984; 1st at Tashkent
1984; 1st at Bogotá
1984; 2nd at Potsdam
1985; 1st at Calcutta 1986.
In 1986, after finishing a chess tournament in Sevastopol in the Crimea
, he was accidentally killed when he went hiking and fell off a cliff and became trapped between two rocks. Passers by heard his cries for help, but he was too deep down, and by the time rescue crews got to him, it was too late.
His highest Elo
chess rating was 2590 on the January 1, 1985 FIDE rating list.
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...
– August 27, 1986, Sevastopol
Sevastopol
Sevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....
) was a Soviet chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1982 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984.
In 1966, at the age of 12, he was the chess champion of his town of Almalyk
Olmaliq
Olmaliq also spelled as Almalyk is a city in the Tashkent Province of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent...
(Olmaliq) in the province of Tashkent of central Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
.
In 1971, he took 2nd place in the USSR Junior Chess Championship, held in Riga
Riga
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.
In 1973, he played in his first Uzbekistani chess championship
Uzbekistani Chess Championship
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. He won the event in 1976 and 1981.
He was the first Grandmaster from Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
in 1984.
He was a philologist.
Best results: 1st at Belgrade
Belgrade
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1982; 1st at Vršac
Vršac
Vršac is a town and municipality located in Serbia. In 2002 the town's total population was 36,623, while Vršac municipality had 54,369 inhabitants. Vršac is located in the Banat region, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. It is part of the South Banat District.-Name:The name Vršac is of Serbian...
1983; 1st at Sochi
Sochi
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1984; 1st at Tashkent
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...
1984; 1st at Bogotá
Bogotá
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1984; 2nd at Potsdam
Potsdam
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1985; 1st at Calcutta 1986.
In 1986, after finishing a chess tournament in Sevastopol in the Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
, he was accidentally killed when he went hiking and fell off a cliff and became trapped between two rocks. Passers by heard his cries for help, but he was too deep down, and by the time rescue crews got to him, it was too late.
His highest Elo
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
chess rating was 2590 on the January 1, 1985 FIDE rating list.
External links
- In Memoriam – Georgy Agzamov at ChessBase.com
- Georgy Agzamov