Ildar Ibragimov

GM Ildar Ibragimov - 65% (20/31) 19- IM Milos Scekic - 63% (34/54) 20- GM Alex Shabalov - 63% (17/27)            
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Ildar Ibragimov
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GM Ildar Ibragimov

Originally from the Soviet Union, Ildar is now living in New Haven, Connecticut.He was the New York State Champion in 2001 and is the current Connecticut State Champ.Adding to his of titles, he tied for first in the 2002 Foxwoods Open.Ildar has a sharp uncompromising style.He seems to play more classicaly with the black pieces as with white he played 1.b3 in a crucial last round NY Masters battle against Igor Novikov.With the black pieces he basically stays with double king pawn.As of November 2002, Ildar is ranked number 13 in the USA.

Ildar Ibragimov,
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GM Ildar Ibragimov

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Player Profile for Ildar Ibragimov

GM Ildar Ibragimov, 2664
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Ildar Ibragimov

Our top seed was Ildar Ibragimov, a GM from Kazakhstan who now lives in Connecticut.The other new GM was the famous author of "Seven Deadly Chess Sins" and "Understanding the Grunfeld", the Scottish Jonathan Rowson.Other first timers included IM Igor Shliperman, IM Jayson Gonzalez, NM Mikhail Belorusov and FM Sunil Weeramantry.Below was the field.

1. GM Ildar Ibragimov
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Ibragimov had an attack but it eventually fizzled out into a rook endgame which was eventually drawn, thus putting Novikov back into his usual "top seed" position.
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In another exciting game, Kreiman seemed to have the advantage at some point, but Ibragimov is very cagey and eventually got to an endgame with Rook and Bishop versus Rook.
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Ibragimov was now back into things with 2.5/3

BOARD 4 Novikov - Ashley

Strangely enough, despite Novikov's impressive scores in the NY Masters, he had yet to defeat a GM in the event.Maybe this would be his chance as he was definitely going to go for blood.

In round eight, GM Kamil Miton had won a key game against GM Ildar Ibragimov (who had beaten Nakamura in the previous round) while IM Magesh Panchanathan of India beat Jaan Ehlvest clinching his 3rd GM norm.
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After Panchanathan's 2nd place finish, a four-way tie included GMs Nakamura, Varuzhan Akobian, Ildar Ibragimov and Sandipan Chanda of India… all finished with 7-2.
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GM Ildar Ibragimov - GM Kamil Miton, 0-1GM Hikaru Nakamura - GM Joel Benjamin, 1-0GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly - GM Alexander Onischuk, ½ - ½