Gregory Kaidanov

Gregory Kaidanov (Russian: Григорий Зиновьевич Кайда́нов, Grigoriy Zinovyevich Kaydanov; born 11 October 1959) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in 2013.

Gregory Kaidanov
Kaidanov in Seattle, 2002
CountrySoviet Union
Russia
United States
Born (1959-10-11) 11 October 1959
Berdychiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating2554 (October 2023)
Peak rating2646 (October 2002)
Peak rankingNo. 16 (July 1994)

Biography and chess career

Kaidanov is the head coach of the United States Chess School and teaches at the grandmaster level.[1]

Career highlights
  • 1972 – Boys under-14 Russian Federation Championship – 1st place
  • 1975 – achieved Candidate of Master (analog of expert in US) title
  • 1978 – achieved National Master title
  • 1987 – achieved International Master title
  • 1988 – achieved Grandmaster title and tied for first at a strong international tournament in Belgrade
  • 1992 – won World Open Chess Championship
  • 1992 – won US Open Chess Championship
  • 1993 – won World Team Chess Championship as a member of US team
  • 1998 – silver medal in 1998 Chess Olympiad as a member of US team
  • 2001 – won North American Open Chess Championship
  • 2002 – won Aeroflot Open (over 81 other grandmasters)[1]
  • 2008 – won the Gausdal Classic, held 8–16 April in Gausdal, Norway, scoring 7/9[2]
  • 2021 – won the US championship for senior players[3]

Notable games

See also

References
  1. "GM Gregory Kaidanov". United States Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. "Greg Kaidanov wins Gausdal Classic", ChessBase News, 17 April 2008, retrieved 17 April 2008
  3. Kaidanov Wins 2021 U.S. Senior Championship, new.uschess.org, John Hartmann, 26-07-2021
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