Igor Lysyj
Encyclopedia
Igor Lysyj is a Russia
n chess
grandmaster.
In 2006 he tied for first place, with Roman Ovetchkin of Russia, in the Zudov Memorial. he tied for 1st-8th with Sergey Volkov, Dmitry Bocharov
, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Valerij Popov, Denis Khismatullin
, Dmitry Andreikin
and Dmitry Kokarev
in the Voronezh
open tournament.
In 2009/10 he tied for 1st-5th with Eduardas Rozentalis
, Pavel Ponkratov, Radosław Wojtaszek and Luke McShane
in the 39th Rilton Cup in Stockholm
.
He won Russian Junior Rapid Chess Championship.
On the November 2009 FIDE Elo rating
list, he has a rating of 2609.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n 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.
In 2006 he tied for first place, with Roman Ovetchkin of Russia, in the Zudov Memorial. he tied for 1st-8th with Sergey Volkov, Dmitry Bocharov
Dmitry Bocharov
Dmitry Bocharov is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 2003 he tied for 1st-7th with Vladimir Burmakin, Eduardas Rozentalis, Philipp Schlosser, Alexander Areshchenko, Jakov Geller and Evgeny Miroshnichenko in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open. In 2004, came first at Abu Dhabi. In 2006 he won the 14th...
, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Valerij Popov, Denis Khismatullin
Denis Khismatullin
Denis Khismatullin is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. Khismatullin lives in Ufa, and studied at the Ufa Oil University. He is the first grandmaster from Bashkiria....
, Dmitry Andreikin
Dmitry Andreikin
Dmitry Andreikin is a Russian chess grandmaster . He won the 2010 World Junior Chess Championship.-Chess career:He tied for 1st–3rd with Konstantin Chernyshov and Alexei Kornev at Lipetsk 2006...
and Dmitry Kokarev
Dmitry Kokarev (chess player)
Dmitry Kokarev is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 1999 he won the U-18 World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. In 2009, he tied for 1st-8th with Sergey Volkov, Igor Lysyj, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Valerij Popov, Denis Khismatullin, Dmitry Andreikin and Dmitry Bocharov in the Voronezh...
in the Voronezh
Voronezh
Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...
open tournament.
In 2009/10 he tied for 1st-5th with Eduardas Rozentalis
Eduardas Rozentalis
Eduardas Rozentalis is a Lithuanian chess grandmaster.He played for the Lithuanian team at first board in seven Chess Olympiads in 1992–98, and 2002–06....
, Pavel Ponkratov, Radosław Wojtaszek and Luke McShane
Luke McShane
Luke James McShane is an English chess player. A former World Youth Champion and prodigious talent in chess, he has become one of England's leading players and a member of the Olympiad team. He has also been a trader in London's financial sector.- Early career :McShane won the World Under-10...
in the 39th Rilton Cup in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
.
He won Russian Junior Rapid Chess Championship.
On the November 2009 FIDE Elo rating
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....
list, he has a rating of 2609.
Notable chess games
- Igor Lysyj vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky, RUS-chT 2003, Benko Gambit: General (A57), 1-0
- Igor Lysyj vs Krishnan Sasikiran, 6th Aeroflot Festival 2007, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Nadanian Attack (D85), 1-0
- Igor Lysyj vs Emil Sutovsky, Russian Team Championship 2008, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85), 1-0