| Sergei Tiviakov | |
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 at Liverpool, 2008 |
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| Full name | Sergei Tiviakov |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Born | February 14, 1973 Krasnodar, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2664 (No. 61 on the November 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2699 (October 2005) |
Sergei Tiviakov (born February 14, 1973 in Krasnodar, Soviet Union) is a naturalised Dutch chess Grandmaster. In the October 2006 FIDE rating list, he was rated 2680, giving him a world ranking of 27.
Tiviakov won the Dutch Chess Championship in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, in Plovdiv, he won the European Individual Chess Championship with 8.5/11.
His first Olympiad appearance was for Russia at the Moscow event in 1994, when he took home a gold medal in celebration of the team's winning performance. He has since played for the Dutch team at each of the events held 2000-2006, with an overall record of +14 =33 -2 (62.2%).
At the European Team Championships, he has earned three gold medals (two team and one individual) for his contribution to the successful Dutch teams of 2001 (León) and 2005 (Gothenburg). At León, he registered an impressive 77.8% score.
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1991.
References
External links
- FIDE rating card for Sergei Tiviakov
- Sergei Tiviakov player profile at ChessGames.com
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