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Full name
  
Evgenii Pigusov

Role
  
Chess Player

Country
  
Russia

FIDE rating
  
2555

Title
  
Grandmaster

Peak rating
  
2623

Name
  
Evgeny Pigusov


Evgeny Pigusov Kasparov vs Evgeny Pigusov Riga 1977 wwwchessandstrategycom

Born
  
March 31, 1961 (age 63) Kemerovo (
1961-03-31
)

Garry Kasparov's Top Games: Kasparov vs Evgeny Pigusov


Evgeny Pigusov (Russian: Евгений Пигусов; born March 31, 1961) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, where he reached the third round.

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Pigusov tied for the first place at the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen in 1986, the Chigorin Memorial in Sochi in 1987, the Reykjavik Open in 1994. He tied for 1st at Havana 1986, tied for 2nd at Moscow 1987 and Dordrecht 1988. In team events, Pigusov won the team gold medal in the European Chess Club Cup in 1988, playing for CSKA Moscow, and the World Cities Chess Championship in 1999 playing for Kemerovo.

Notable games

  • Zhang Pengxiang vs Evgeny Pigusov (2001) FIDE WCh KO 2001, Queen Pawn Game: Veresov Attack. Two Knights System, (D01), 0-1
  • References

    Evgeny Pigusov Wikipedia