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Anatoly Vaisser

Anatoly Vaisser
Anatoly Vaisser, 2016 at World Seniors in Mariánské Lázně
Country France
Born (1949-03-05) March 5, 1949 (age 75)
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1985)
FIDE rating2452 (November 2024)
Peak rating2595 (January 1998)

Anatoly Vaisser (born 5 March 1949) is a Soviet-born French chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1985, he is four-time world seniors' champion.

Biography and career

Vaisser was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan (then Soviet Union). In 1982 he won the Russian Chess Championship.[1] FIDE awarded him the titles of International Master (IM) in 1982 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1985.

Vaisser shared first place with Evgeny Sveshnikov at the Chigorin Memorial in Sochi in 1983,[2] tied for 2nd–3rd with Viswanathan Anand, behind István Csom, at New Delhi in 1987, and took second, behind Vladimir Malaniuk, at Budapest in 1989. He tied for first in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open twice: in 1987 with Anthony Kosten and Jonny Hector, and in 1991 with Matthew Sadler.

Since 1991, Vaisser has represented France. He won the French championship at Narbonne 1997,[1] and was twice runner-up (1996 and 2001).[3]

Vaisser played twice for France in the Chess Olympiads of:

Vaisser has won the World Senior Chess Championship in 2010, 2013,[4] and, since the seniors' championships has been split into two divisions, also in 2014 and 2016 in the 65+ age category.[5][6][7]

Notable games

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Capece, Adolivio (2011-11-17). "Interview with GM Anatoly Vaisser, 2010 World Senior Champion". Chessdom. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. ^ Sochi Chigorin mem, Sochi 1983, www.365chess.com
  3. ^ "Auxerre 1996 - 71ème championnat de France". Heritage des Echecs Francais (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Yelena Ankudinova and Anatoly Vaisser are FIDE World Senior Champions". Chessdom. 2013-11-24. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  5. ^ Silver, Albert (2014-11-13). "World Senior brings back legends". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  6. ^ Crowther, Mark (2014-10-24). "World Seniors 2014". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  7. ^ "World Senior Chess Championship in Marienbad knows its winners". old.fide.com. 2016-12-01. Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-17.


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