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GM Emil Sutovsky

Emil Sutovsky

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Full name

Emil Sutovsky

Born

Sep 19, 1977 (age 46)‎

Place of birth

Baku, Azerbaijan

Federation

Israel

Rating

Bio

Emil Sutovsky is an Israeli chess grandmaster and trainer who became Director-General of FIDE in 2018.

He earned his GM title in 1996, winning the World Junior Championship that same year. In 2010 he led Israel to third place in the Chess Olympiad with the tournament's top individual performance rating of 2895.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (36 games)

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (24 games)

Black Pieces

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (37 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (32 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (31 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (29 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (23 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Boris Gelfand (2664)	1-0	46	2024
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Shaked Tifferet (2310)	1-0	72	2024
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Matan Gorodetzky (2330)	1-0	51	2024
Emil Sutovsky (2597) Alexandr Predke (2668)	½-½	58	2024
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Yannay Ben Ari (2437)	½-½	63	2024
Emil Sutovsky Shaked Tifferet	1-0	50	2023
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Alexander Motylev (2652)	1-0	48	2023
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Or Globus (2343)	0-1	37	2023
Emil Sutovsky (2593) Christian Braun (2337)	½-½	38	2023
Emil Sutovsky (2643) David Gorodetzky (2486)	1-0	45	2020

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