Sanan Sjugirov

Sanan Sjugirov (Russian: Санан Сюгиров; born 31 January 1993) is a Russian chess grandmaster who represents Hungary. He was European champion and world champion in his age category. Sjugirov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015.

Sanan Sjugirov
Sjugirov in 2019
CountryRussia (until 2023)
Hungary (since 2023)[1]
Born (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993
Elista, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2705 (October 2023)
Peak rating2712 (November 2022)
RankingNo. 34 (October 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 28 (May 2023)

Chess career

Sjugirov won the World Youth Chess Championships in 2003, in the U-10 section, and 2007, in the U-14. In the European Youth Chess Championships, he won in the U-12 division in 2004[2] and 2005, and in the U-14 in 2007.[3] In 2008, Sjugirov won the Russian U-20 Championship[4] and the First Saturday GM tournament of May in Budapest.[5]

In 2009 he qualified, through the Higher League, to the Superfinal of the Russian Chess Championship, where he was the youngest participant.[6] He scored 3 points from 9 games.[7] Sjugirov played for team "Russia 4" on the first board at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, where he defeated Magnus Carlsen among others.[8] Sjugirov tied for first with Dmitry Andreikin in the World Junior Chess Championship of 2010, placing second on tiebreak.[9]

Sjugirov won the silver medal at the 2011 European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw.[10] In 2012 he won the Casino de Barcelona round-robin tournament in Barcelona with a score of 7/9 points.[11]

In 2013, Sjugirov won the 29th Cappelle-la-Grande Open on tiebreak scoring 7/9.[12] In 2014 he won the Lev Polugaevsky Memorial in Samara on tiebreak over Alexey Goganov and the World University Chess Championship in Katowice.[13] In the same year Sjugorv finished fourth in the strong Qatar Masters Open, behind Yu Yangyi, Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik respectively.[14]

In August 2015, he won the Abu Dhabi Blitz tournament with a score of 9½/11.[15] In October 2015, he won the 1st European Universities Chess Championship in Yerevan, helping his team USMU (Ural State Mining University) to win the team gold medal.[16] Two months later, he took part in the second edition of the Qatar Masters Open, where he tied for third place with Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Ni Hua and Vassily Ivanchuk, finishing fifth on tiebreak.[17]

In March 2016, Sjugirov tied for 3rd–10th in the Aeroflot Open, placing fourth on tiebreak.[18] The following year, he tied 1st–2nd with Daniil Dubov in the Russian Higher League in Sochi, taking second place on tiebreak.[19]

References
  1. "Transfers in 2023". FIDE.
  2. European Boys Under 12 Chess Championship. chess-results.com
  3. 17th European Youth Championship 2007 - Boys U14. chess-results.com
  4. Crowther, Mark (24 March 2008). "TWIC 698: Russian u20 Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. "FIDE Archive. Tournament report July 2008: First Saturday GM May 2008". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  6. "Russian Championship Superfinal starts in Moscow". ChessBase. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  7. "Russian Superfinal: Grischuk and Galliomova win". ChessBase. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open - Russia 4 Chess-Results
  9. "World Junior: Andreikin, Muzychuk win Gold". ChessBase. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  10. "GM Baadur Jobava is 2011 European Rapid Champion". Chessdom. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. "Sanan Sjugirov shines in Barcelona". Chessdom. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  12. "Sanan Sjugirov wins Cappelle La Grande Open". FIDE. 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  13. "Sjugirov and Kulon are 2014 World University Champions". Chessdom. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  14. Akshat Chandra (4 December 2014). "Yu Yangyi wins Qatar Masters Open 2014". ChessBase. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  15. "Prize winners at the Abu Dhabi Masters 2015". ChessBase. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  16. "Daria Pustovoitova and Sanan Sjugirov win European Universities Chess Championships". Chessdom. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  17. "Magnus Carlsen wins Qatar Masters Chess Open 2015". Chessdom. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  18. McGourty, Colin. "Najer wins Aeroflot ticket to Dortmund". chess24. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  19. "The Week in Chess 1184". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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