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Vladimir Sveshnikov

Latvian chess player (born 1986)

Vladimir Sveshnikov
Full name	Vladimirs Svešņikovs Vladimir Evgenyevich Sveshnikov
Country	Latvia
Born	(1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 38) Riga, Latvia
Title	International Master (2011)
FIDE rating	2417 (July 2024)
Peak rating	2440 (May 2012)

Vladimir Sveshnikov (Latvian: Vladimirs Svešņikovs, Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Свешников, romanized: Vladimir Yevgenyevich Sveshnikov; born 6 May 1986) is a Latvian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 2011.

Biography and career

Born in Riga, Vladimir Sveshnikov is the eldest son of Russian grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov. As a junior, he was Latvian champion in the under-14 age category.^[1] He was the best Latvian player in the Riga Technical University Open 2011, in which he finished third.^[2] Sveshnikov won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2016.^[3]

He played for the Latvian team in the 39th Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016.

In 2015, together with his father, he wrote the book A Chess Opening Repertoire for Rapid and Blitz, published in English and Russian.^[4]

References

^ Sveshnikov, Evgeny (2010-10-28). "Хит-парад. Отцы и дети" (in Russian). ChessPro. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
^ "The Week in Chess 876". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
^ "Rogule and Sveshnikov are 2016 Latvian Chess Champions". Chessdom. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
^ Sveshnikov, Evgeny; Sveshnikov, Vladimir (2015). A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid. Sharp, Surprising and Forcing Lines for Black and White. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-603-9.