| Anton Filippov | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Born | December 6, 1986 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2592 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2652 (November 2012) |
| Peak ranking | No. 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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