| Gregory Kaidanov | |
|---|---|
 Kaidanov in Seattle, 2002 | |
| Country | Soviet Union Russia United States |
| Born | (1959-10-11) 11 October 1959 (age 65) Berdychiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
| FIDE rating | 2513 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2646 (October 2002) |
| Peak ranking | No. 16 (July 1994) |
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.
Biography and chess career
Kaidanov is the head coach of the United States Chess School and teaches at the grandmaster level.
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), tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.
- 2008 – won the Gausdal Classic, held 8–16 April in Gausdal, Norway, scoring 7/9
- 2021 – won the US championship for senior players
Notable games
- Gregory Kaidanov vs. Viswanathan Anand, Moscow 1987, Caro–Kann Defense: Panov Attack (B13), 1–0
- Gregory Kaidanov vs. Evgeny Bareev, Ch URS (1 liga) 1987, Vienna Game: Stanley, Frankenstein–Dracula Variation (C27), 1–0
- Mark Taimanov vs. Gregory Kaidanov, Belgrade 1988, English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Wimpey System (A13), 0–1
- Benjamin Finegold vs. Gregory Kaidanov, 12th Chicago Open 2003, Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45), 0–1
See also
References
- ^ "GM Gregory Kaidanov". United States Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- "Greg Kaidanov wins Gausdal Classic", ChessBase News, 17 April 2008, retrieved 17 April 2008
- Kaidanov Wins 2021 U.S. Senior Championship, new.uschess.org, John Hartmann, 26-07-2021
External links
- Gregory Kaidanov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Gregory S Kaidanov chess games at 365Chess.com
- "GM Gregory Kaidanov" biography at USChess.org
- Official website
- Gregory Kaidanov Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
| American grandmasters | |
|---|---|
| Chess players for the United States with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM) by title decade | |
| 1950–1959 | |
| 1960–1969 | |
| 1970–1979 | |
| 1980–1989 | |
| 1990–1999 | |
| 2000–2009 | |
| 2010–2019 | |
| 2020–2029 | |
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Berdychiv
- Chess Grandmasters
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- Chess coaches
- Ukrainian Jews
- American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- American chess players
- 20th-century Russian chess players
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Ukrainian chess players
- Soviet chess players
- Jewish chess players
- People from Kaliningrad