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Vladislav Tkachiev
Number of games in database: 635
Years covered: 1989 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2639
Highest rating achieved in database: 2672
Overall record: +172 -120 =306 (54.3%)*
| Vladislav Tkachiev | |
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 at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008 |
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| Full name | Владислав Ткачёв |
| Country |  France |
| Born | November 9, 1973 Moscow, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2650 (No. 81 on the July 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2672 (January 2001) |
Biography
In 1982, he moved to Kazakhstan with his parents and learnt to play chess a year later. A winner of the Kazakhstani Youth Championship in 1985, he went on to represent Kazakhstan at the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila and was twice the national champion.
International Master and Grandmaster titles were awarded to him in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Now living in Cannes, Tkachiev has taken French citizenship and won the 2006 French Chess Championship, held at Besançon, August 14-26.[1] His victory included a thrilling rapidplay play-off against Laurent Fressinet.
In 2007, he won the European Individual Chess Championship, held in Dresden, following a play-off with GMs Emil Sutovsky, Dmitry Jakovenko and Ivan Cheparinov. The field was exceptionally strong with more than 50 competitors having an Elo rating of 2600 or more.
He also reached the semi-finals of the Russian Chess Championship in 2005 and won the Moscow Blitz Superfinal in 2004, ahead of Alexander Morozevich. Other noteworthy victories include Oakham 1993, Cannes 1996 (and 1999), Isle of Man 1996 and Makarska 1997.
In matchplay, he has defeated Alberto David 6-2 (+4=4-0) in 1999 and also beat the Dutch player John van der Wiel by the wider margin of 7-3 (+5=4-1). In 2000, his (Cannes) match against Jeroen Piket ended in a 4-4 draw (+2=4-2).
Tkachiev admits leading a racy—if not hedonistic—lifestyle and to finding it difficult to cope with lengthy tournaments at long time controls. His passion is therefore for blitz chess and this appears also to be his real strength.
In September 2009, Tkachiev caused controversy after falling asleep during a match at an international tournament in Calcutta, India. He was reportedly drunk and, after passing out repeatedly during the first hour of play, was forced to concede the game after just 11 moves on technical grounds.[2][3]
Blitz Brothers
On the less serious side of chess, Vladislav Tkachiev is one half of a duo, known as the "Blitz Brothers", responsible for setting up the World Chess Beauty Contest. With the intention of promoting chess worldwide and attracting the interest of media and sponsors, Vladislav and his brother Evgeny created a website that hosted the competition. Although the site is currently offline, viewers were able to register to see the full size images and vote for their favourites.
Whilst the contest was controversial in some quarters and considered to be degrading by some female chess players, the not-too-revealing photographs were mostly sent in by the participants themselves. A judging panel was made up of a wider selection of chess grandmasters, including Nigel Short, who along with some women players like Jennifer Shahade, supported the idea behind the venture. Amongst the more noted chess players featured in the contest were Natalija Pogonina, Maria Manakova, Almira Skripchenko and Elisabeth Pähtz.
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Vladislav Tkachiev
Number of games in database: 635
Years covered: 1989 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2639
Highest rating achieved in database: 2672
Overall record: +172 -120 =306 (54.3%)*
Vladislav Tkachiev
Number of Drinks in Database: Too many
Years Covered: 1989-2009
Current Drinking Rating: Heavy (Possibly Alcoholic)
Highest Drinking Rating: 23 Shots
Overall Record: Too drunk to know.
'Current Drinking Rating: Heavy (Possibly Alcoholic)'
... In Russia there is none of Alcoholics!
The woman can drink 1 Liter of Homemade Vodka, before a dance, sing, fight and date.
After that funny relax she clean the house, wach a dish, feed a child... and go to play some chess online, to mate some Patzers a bit...
They can beat even a Tkachiev, after he fall down by head on the table...
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Too drunk to checkmate
Published 04 September, 2009, 15:28
A French chess grandmaster was unable to finish his game against his Indian opponent because he dozed out after 11 moves. The embarrassing incident has been attributed to excessive alcohol consumption.
However, about 10 to 15 minutes after the game started, the French player began showing signs of inebriation, an eyewitness told RIA Novosti news agency. Then he fell asleep with his head on the chess board.Russian-born Vladislav Tkachev, 2007 European Classical chess and Blitz chess champion, was facing Praveen Kumar at an international tournament in the Indian city of Kolkata.
After attempts by both Kumar and the organizers to wake Tkachev proved futile and he couldn’t make his moves within an hour and a half as the regulations required, the game was awarded to the Indian player, reports Hindustan Times newspaper.
Organizers reprimanded the French player afterwards, but he was allowed to take part in the rest of the tournament.