Semen Khanin

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Semen Khanin
Country Russia
Born (1999-05-23) May 23, 1999 (age 24) [1]
Novosibirsk, Russia
Title Grandmaster (2023) [2]
FIDE   rating 2558 (January 2024)
Peak rating 2581 (October 2023)

Semen "Sam" Khanin is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Khanin began playing chess at the age of 5, and won multiple Russian Youth Championships. [3] He was mentored by Artur Gabrielian.

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In January 2019, Khanin took the lead at the sixth round of the Moscow Open. [4] He later earned his second GM norm after the tournament.

In September 2020, Khanin (then an International Master) won the Panchenko Memorial on tiebreaks ahead of grandmasters Dmitry Kokarev and Maksim Chigaev. [5]

In 2022, Khanin was a joint winner of the World Open chess tournament. Khanin earned his third and final GM norm in September 2022, and his grandmaster title was later finalized in 2023. [2]

Personal life

Khanin studied at Texas Tech University and played on their chess team. [3] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (IM)" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 "SEMEN KHANIN".
  4. ↑ "Semen Khanin Leads Stage of the Russian Cup at Moscow Open-2019". January 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ Fischer, Johannes (September 22, 2020). "Semen Khanin and Anastasia Bodnaruk win Panchenko Memorial".
  6. ↑ Bortolussi, Francesco (March 26, 2023). "Texas Tech wins KCF University Cup and meets with Kasparov in New York".
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