Anton Filippov

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Anton Filippov
CountryFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Born (1986-12-06) December 6, 1986 (age 36)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (2008)
FIDE   rating 2592 (September 2023)
Peak rating 2652 (November 2012)
Peak rankingNo. 94 (February 2013)

Anton Filippov (born 6 December 1986 in Tashkent [1] ) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2008).

He won the Asian Under 16 Chess Championship 2001 in Doha, [2] and the Asian U18 Athletics Championship in 2004. [3] In 2007 he tied for 1st–3rd with Vladimir Egin and Timur Gareev in the Uzbekistani Chess Championship. [4] In 2008 he won the first Kuala Lumpur Open Championship [5] and tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Constantin Lupulescu, Nidjat Mamedov and Alexander Zubarev in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008. [6] In 2009, he won the fourth President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup in Manila, [7] tied for second with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the fourth Kolkata Open, [8] tied for 3rd–8th with Vadim Malakhatko, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo. [9] He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the first round. [10] In 2010 he tied for 3rd–6th with Ding Liren, Zhou Jianchao and Merab Gagunashvili in the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial in Manila [11] and came first in the First Safin Memorial in Tashkent. [12] In 2011, he tied for 1st–3rd with Tigran L. Petrosian and Marat Dzhumaev in the Georgy Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent. [13]

Filippov played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014. [14]

Filippov recorded his career best performance of 2820 at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2012, where he won the individual silver medal on board two. [15]

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  1. ↑ GM title application, FIDE
  2. ↑ IM title application, FIDE
  3. ↑ Asian Boys Under 18 Championship 2004, FIDE
  4. ↑ "Tournament report April 2008: Uzbekistan Championship (men)". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "3rd Kuala Lumpur International Open Chess Championship". World Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Tournament report January 2009: Open Romgaz". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Fillipov Wins 4th GMA Cup in Manila". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Doggers, Peter (2009-09-10). "Le Quang Liem wins Kolkata Open". ChessVibes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Tournament report November 2009: The Ravana Challenge". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  10. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2009-12-15). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Mini-Site 2009". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "1st Florencio Campomanes Memorial". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  12. ↑ Begmatov, Jamshid (2011-01-07). "Greetings from the recent past". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Georgy Agzamov Memorial". Chessdom. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  14. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Anton Filippov". OlimpBase. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open - Board prizes". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.


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