Maxim Turov is a Russia

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n chess

Chess

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 Grandmaster (1999).

In 2005 and 2011 he won the Dutch Open Championship in Dieren. In 2009, came second in Doroshkevich Memorial, first in Eforie Nord, in Nordhausen Open and in Faaker See Open. In 2010, he won Chennai Open, tied for 1st-3rd with Vitali Golod

Vitali Golod

Vitali Golod is a Soviet–Israeli chess grandmaster.As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2597, making him the # 7 player in Israel and the 152nd-highest rated player in the world. It is his peak rating so far.-Chess career:...

 and Sergei Zhigalko in the 4th Agzamov Memorial, tied for 1st-6th with 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...

, Alexey Dreev

Alexey Dreev

Alexey Dreev is a chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak Elo rating was 2705, attained in October 2003 and again in April 2005.He qualified for the Candidates Tournament in 1991, but lost his Quarter Final match to Viswanathan Anand in Madras .Then in the FIDE World Championship...

, Martyn Kravtsiv

Martyn Kravtsiv

Martyn Kravtsiv is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster .In 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey. His major success has been the victory In 2008 of the 1st World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, China...

, Baskaran Adhiban and Aleksej Aleksandrov

Aleksej Aleksandrov

Aleksej Aleksandrov is a chess grandmaster .-Selected tournament results:* 1991: Victory at the USSR Junior Chess Championship* 1992: Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship...

 in the 2nd Orissa Open tournament in Bhubaneshwar. In 2011 he tied for 2nd-6th with Konstantine Shanava, Mikhail Ulibin, Robert Hovhannisyan and Levon Babujian

Levon Babujian

-Achievements:*2008 Shared second-third at Vasylyshyn Memorial*2011 Won the 81st Yerevan City Chess Championship*2011 Shared second-sixth in the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk2009 shared first-second at Istambuk open-External links:...

 in the 4th Karen Asrian

Karen Asrian

Karen Asrian was an Armenian chess Grandmaster.As of the October 2006 FIDE rating list, his Elo rating was 2634, tied for the fourth highest rank in Armenia....

 Memorial in Jermuk

Jermuk

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 and tied for 2nd-7th with Julio Granda

Julio Granda

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, Aleksander Delchev

Aleksander Delchev

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, Ivan Šarić

Ivan Šaric (chess player)

Ivan Šarić is a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He is the 2007 U18 European Youth Chess Champion and the 2008 U18 World Youth Chess Champion. In 2011 he tied for 2nd-7th with Julio Granda, Aleksander Delchev, Maxim Turov, Pablo Almagro Llamas and Mihail Marin the 31st Villa de Benasque Open.-External...

, Pablo Almagro Llamas and Mihail Marin

Mihail Marin

Mihail Marin is a Romanian chess Grandmaster. As of July 2011, his FIDE rating is 2548. Marin's first major success in international chess was in qualifying for the Interzonal in 1987. He has won three Romanian Championships and has played in the Chess Olympiads ten times, winning a bronze...

 the 31st Villa de Benasque

Benasque

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 Open.

He is married to WGM and IM Irina Slavina Turova.

Notable games

• Maxim Turov vs Dmitry Bocharov, Aeroflot Open 2002, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30), 1-0
• Sergei Beshukov vs Maxim Turov, Aeroflot Open 2002, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12), 0-1

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