Anatoly Vaisser
Anatoly Vaisser 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. In 1982 he won the Russian Chess Championship. FIDE awarded him the titles of International Master in 1982 and Grandmaster in 1985.Vaisser shared first place with Evgeny Sveshnikov at the Chigorin Memorial in Sochi in 1983, 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, and was twice runner-up.
Vaisser played twice for France in the Chess Olympiads of:
- 1998, on the fourth board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista ;
- 2002, on the second reserve board at the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled.
Notable games
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