Gregory Kaidanov

Biography and chess career

Career highlights

• 1972 – Boys under-14 Russian Federation Championship – 1st place
• 1975 – achieved Candidate of Master
• 1978 – achieved Master
• 1987 – achieved International Master
• 1988 – achieved Grandmaster
• 1992 – won World Open Chess Championship
• 1992 – won US Open Chess Championship
• 1993 – won World Team Chess Championship as a member of US team
• 1998 – silver medal in 1998 Chess Olympiad as a member of US team
• 2001 – won North American Open Chess Championship
• 2002 – won Aeroflot Open
• 2008 – won the Gausdal Classic, held 8–16 April in Gausdal, Norway, scoring 7/9

  Notable games