Gennadij Timoscenko
Gennadij Timoscenko, is a Russian and Slovak chess Grandmaster .
Biography
At the turn of the 1970s and 1980s, Gennadij Timoscenko was one of the leading Soviet chess players. He appeared twice in the finals of the USSR Chess Championship.- in 1978, in Tbilisi he shared 10th-12th place with Boris Gulko and Vladimir Bagirov;
- in 1981, in Frunze he ranked in 17th place.
From 1982 to 1986 Gennadij Timoscenko was one of Garry Kasparov's coaches. In 1993 he settled in Slovakia, and from the following year Gennadij Timoscenko represented this country in the international chess tournaments.
Gennadij Timoscenko has achieved many successes in international chess tournaments, winning or sharing first place among others in Rimavská Sobota, Polanica-Zdrój, Varna, Słupsk, Helsinki, London, Šaľa, Starý Smokovec, Bolzano, Seefeld, Padua, Cutro, Graz and in Opatija. In 2010 and 2011 he won bronze medals twice in a row in the European Senior Chess Championship in the S60 age group. In 2011, in Opatija he also won the bronze medal in the World Senior Chess Championship in the same age category.
Gennadij Timoscenko played for Slovakia in the Chess Olympiads:
- In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan,
- In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul,
- In 2002, at third reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled,
- In 2004, at reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià,
- In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin.
- In 1997, at third board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship in Pula and won individual bronze medal,
- In 2001, at third board in the 13th European Team Chess Championship in León.