Evgeny Romanov - outstanding modern Russian chess player

The popularity of one of the oldest games in the world - chess - is growing every day. If a new prodigy appears, which easily defeats experienced players, it becomes an event of a global scale. It was such incredibly talented baby was once the now famous grandmaster Eugene Romanov.

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Romanov Evgeny Anatolyevich was born in Kaliningrad. A joyful event in the family of the future star occurred on November 2, 1988. From the earliest childhood the boy began to visit the chess section and from the first classes showed outstanding abilities.

As you know, improving the quality of the game in chess is impossible without constant practice and participation in serious tournaments with a high level of competition. That is why the young man began to play in the championships of the city, then the region, competitions of federal and all-Russian scale. Successful performances allowed Eugene to win the right to participate in the world championships and Europe. In addition, he became the owner of many prestigious titles.

In 1998, came the first major success - at the World Championships in the category of boys under 10 years old, won Eugene Romanov. Chess has since become for him not only a hobby, but a real profession.

First Chess School

Famous Russian chess player Evgeny Romanov made his first steps on the way to great achievements in the ordinary children's and youth sports school in Kaliningrad. This educational institution of additional education has a long history and contributed to the professional growth of many talented players. Evgeny Romanov is one of the most successful graduates of the school, which the school is proud of.

A sports school with a chess bias was founded in 1975. In the next ten years the well-known coaches of the USSR worked for him: Alexander Malevinsky, Oleg Dementiev, Nikolai Gerasimov, Natalia Wilde and others. Thanks to the lessons in the school, other grandmasters also entered the world chess Olympus. Three years ago the school was united with the school of Russian billiards. Now more than 750 athletes are engaged in it, and about 650 of them are chess players.

Trainer

As is known, in sports it is difficult and problematic to achieve results without a talented coach who can bring the player to a new level, knows what is needed for his further professional development. Evgeny Romanov, perhaps, would not be able to reach such heights without a good mentor. Such a person is Valery Popov. This chess player is fellow countryman Eugene. He received the title of Grandmaster in 1999. Popov is known to the public as the vice-champion of Europe in the game of fast chess, as the champion of Sweden in the team and on successful performances in other international tournaments.

It was under the guidance of a professional trainer that the following chess successes came to Evgeny Romanov: victory in the Russian and world championships in 1998, first places in the European championship (2000 and 2002). After this, Romanov worked with other specialists who made a significant contribution to the development of his sports career.

Achievements

Perhaps there is no such tournament in which Eugene Romanov would not take part. Competitions in his life were very diverse: from the championships of the region to the championship of the world and Europe. It should be noted the high results of the player and the set of titles he owns.

In addition to the above victories in the championship of Russia and the world in 1998, as well as the title of the strongest chess player in Europe in his age category, the athlete has a number of other serious achievements. For example, in 2005 Romanov won a grandmaster tournament called the "Baltic Cup". Two years later the chess player took the third place in the memorial of V. Arkhipov. Do not forget about the fact that as a student, in 2007-2008. The grandmaster wins two major tournaments - the championship of Russia and the final stage of the cup of our country among the youth. Another important achievement of 2008 was the victory in Euroorient masters Edition.

Quite successful for Evgeny Romanov 2010. It was then that the chess player won several prizes at the St. Petersburg Championship, the team tournament of the all-Russian scale, and also at the championship of our state.

Media about the player

Newspapers and various news Internet portals have repeatedly written about the achievements of the grandmaster. Evgeny Romanov is a contender for high places in every competition in which he participates. Consequently, journalists are closely watching the player's results.

The first notes on his achievements appeared in his childhood, when Eugene at the age of ten triumphantly won the World Cup in his age category. In one of the newspapers in Kaliningrad, the native city of the chess player, a note appeared about the brilliant performance of the young talent at the prestigious tournament in Nice. At that time, Romanov was only 19 years old, but he was already widely known in the chess world thanks to the strength of his game and a large number of won titles.

Current player position

For many years, the strength of the game of chess players is estimated thanks to the FIDE rating - the international indicator, according to which the athlete can be awarded the next rank. The best grandmasters of Russia and the world have a rating of more than 2600 points. Eugene Romanov has long been able to exceed this figure. To date, this indicator for classical chess in Russians rests at around 2617 (2549 for fast chess, 2518 for blitz games).

It is worth noting that with each new competition the player's rating changes depending on the success of his performances. If you lose to an opponent with a much lower score, a chess player can lose a large number of points in the rating, and in case of a win, on the contrary, add.