Viktor Davidovich Kupreichik (Russian: Ви́ктор Давыдо́вич Купре́йчик, Belarusian: Віктар Давыдавіч Купрэйчык, Viktar Davydavič Kuprejčyk; 3 July 1949 – 22 May 2017) was a Belarusian chess grandmaster.
Viktor Kupreichik | |
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 Kupreichik (1965) | |
| Full name | Viktor Davidovich Kupreichik Viktar Davydavič Kuprejčyk |
| Country |  Soviet Union→ Belarus |
| Born | 3 July 1949 Minsk, Belarusian SSR |
| Died | 22 May 2017 (aged 67) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1980) |
| Peak rating | 2580 (July 1981)[1] |
| Peak ranking | No. 22 (January 1981) |
Career
editAt the beginning of his career, he won the individual gold medal at the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in Ybbs in 1968 at age 19.[2] He won the Belarusian Chess Championship in 1972 and 2003.
In 1980, he was awarded the Grandmaster title.
He also placed first at Wijk aan Zee (Masters' tournament) 1977, Kirovakan 1978 (jointly), Reykjavík 1980, Plovdiv 1980, Medina del Campo 1980,[3] and Hastings International Chess Congress in 1981/82.[4] In 2002 Kupreichik won the Group B of the first edition of the Aeroflot Open.[5] In 2010, he won the European Seniors’ Rapid Championship.[6]
A player of real fighting chess, he would often lead tournaments in the early stages and then run out of stamina and lose heavily in the last few rounds; for example, at each of the Soviet Championships of 1979 and 1980, he won 5 consecutive games, but only finished 6th on both occasions.[7]
He died on 22 May 2017.[8]
Family
editHis niece is Anastasia Sorokina.[9]
References
edit- ^ Kupreichik, Viktor D. FIDE rating history, 1971-2001 at OlimpBase.org
- ^ 15th World Student Team Chess Championship: Ybbs 1968 – Individual Medals OlimpBase
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z)
- ^ Byrne, Robert (16 March 1982). "Chess Kupreichik of Soviet Union Finishes First in Hastings". The New York Times.
- ^ Tournament report April 2002. Aeroflot Open Group B. FIDE.
- ^ "GM Viktor Kupreichik Wins European Seniors' Individual Rapid Championship". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ The Soviet Championships, Cafferty & Taimanov, Cadogan (1998) - pages 183, 186
- ^ Памёр Віктар Купрэйчык — шахматыст, які галасаваў супраць абраньня Лукашэнкі ў НАК (in Belarusian)
- ^ "Anastasia Sorokina: Maybe it's a right time to start my chess player career again". FIDE Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014. FIDE. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
External links
edit- Viktor D Kupreichik rating card at FIDE at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-09-28)
- Viktor D Kupreichik chess games at 365Chess.com
- Viktor Kupreichik player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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