Igor Kurnosov
- Birth Date:
- 30.05.1985
- Death date:
- 08.08.2013
- Length of life:
- 28
- Days since birth:
- 14536
- Years since birth:
- 39
- Days since death:
- 4239
- Years since death:
- 11
- Extra names:
- Igor Kurnossow, Игорь Курносов, Игорь Дмитриевич Курносов, Igor Dmitrijewitsch Kurnossow
- Categories:
- Chess player
- Nationality:
- russian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Igor Kurnosov (Russian: Игорь Курносов; 30 May 1985 – 8 August 2013) was a Russian chess grandmaster. In 2008, he won the Arctic Chess Challenge. He was also the winner of 2008/9 Hastings Masters tournament.
On the August 2013 FIDE rating list, Kurnosov ranked 84th in the world with a 2662rating.
Kurnosov died in a car accident on 8 August 2013 in Chelyabinsk.
Notable games[edit source | editbeta]
- Igor Kurnosov vs Marat Dzhumaev, 2nd Agzamov Memorial 2008, Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07), 1-0
Kurnosov defeated top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at the 2009 Aeroflot Open in Moscow in 21 moves. Mamedyarov filed a complaint of cheating following the game.
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Igor Kurnosov, Aeroflot Open 2009, Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Goglidze Attack (D70), 0-1
Source: wikipedia.org
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