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. His peak rating is 2646, achieved in 2002.

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 rating2549 (August 2020)
Peak rating2646 (October 2002)

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)
  • 1978 – achieved Master
  • 1987 – achieved International Master
  • 1988 – achieved Grandmaster
  • 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]

Notable games
gollark: Not much offense, but it sounds like lots of things which I'm pretty sure were.
gollark: Is that meant ironically?
gollark: And likely less fragile.
gollark: If I have a choice between a simple solution to a problem and a complex one I'll pick the simpler one as it will likely be easier to develop and maintain.
gollark: Complicated things are more annoying and harder to work with generally.

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
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