Full name Erik Andrew Kislik Name Erik Kislik | Title International Master Country United States | |
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Born November 14, 1987 (age 36)
Hillsborough, California, U.S. ( 1987-11-14 ) FIDE rating | ||
5 minute chess 249 im greg shahade vs im erik kislik
Erik Andrew Kislik (born November 14, 1987) is an American chess International Master from Hillsborough, California. He achieved his first FIDE chess rating at age 20 and the International Master title at age 24. His peak FIDE rating is 2415 (May 2012).
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- 5 minute chess 249 im greg shahade vs im erik kislik
- Training
- Contributions to opening theory
- References
Kislik has won a number of notable tournaments, including the First Saturday IM tournament in October 2008 and April 2009. He also won the Caissa GM tournament in February 2012 and was the joint winner of the Caissa 2012 New Year GM tournament.
Training
Kislik was reported to be the trainer of Grandmaster Davor Palo in Helsingør, Denmark for the 2013 Danish Chess Championship. Palo went on to win the tournament. In June 2013, Kislik served as trainer for now Grandmaster Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson at the Icelandic Chess Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Contributions to opening theory
Kislik's opening novelties have been featured in the books Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon by David Vigorito, The Grunfeld: Volume 2 by Boris Avrukh, and King's Indian: A Complete Black Repertoire by Victor Bologan. In a Chess.com article, International Master Bryan Smith wrote that Kislik "had 2700 level preparation" but later edited his wording to "is very strong in opening theory."