Pavel Kotsur

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Pavel Kotsur
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Kotsur at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008
CountryFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Born (1973-01-03) 3 January 1973 (age 50)
Title Grandmaster (1996)
FIDE   rating 2478 (December 2023)
Peak rating 2607 (July 2004)
Peak rankingNo. 91 (July 2001)

Pavel Kotsur (born 3 January 1974) is a chess player from Kazakhstan who holds the titles Grandmaster (1996) and FIDE Arbiter (2009).

He played for Kazakhstan in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2008 [1] and in the World Team Chess Championship of 1997. [2] He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 1999 (knocked out in the first round by Sergey Dolmatov), 2002 (knocked out in the first round by Leinier Domínguez) and 2004 (knocked out in the first round by Darmen Sadvakasov).

In 1999, Kotsur won the 4th stage of the Russia Cup in Novgorod. [3] In 2002, he tied for first with Peter Kostenko in the Kazakhstani Chess Championship. [4] In 2004 he tied for 4th–16th in the 3rd Aeroflot Open in Moscow. [5]

In the March 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2562, making him Kazakhstan's number four.

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References

  1. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Pavel Kotsur". OlimpBase. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "World Men's Team Chess Championship: Pavel Kotsur". OlimpBase. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (29 March 1999). "TWIC 229: 4th Stage of Cup Russia, Novgorod". London Chess Center. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (11 March 2002). "TWIC 383: Kazakhastan Championships". London Chess Center. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Crowther, Mark (1 March 2004). "TWIC 486: 3rd Aeroflot Chess Festival". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2011.


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