Vladimir Feldman

Vladimir Feldman

Vladimir Feldman at the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, Rotorua 2011.
Country Soviet Union
Russia (1992)
Australia
Born 13 September 1959
Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title International Master
Peak rating 2399 (January 2000)[1]

Vladimir Feldman (born 13 September 1959 in Zhytomyr) is an Australian chess International Master and trainer.

Feldman won the City of Sydney Chess Championship in 1993 and 1994, and the New South Wales Chess Championship in 1995.[2]

In 1999, Feldman won the inaugural Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, held on the Gold Coast, Australia.[3] As a result, he was awarded the title of International Master (IM) and qualified to play in the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999. In this competition he was eliminated in round 1 by Jordi Magem Badals from Spain.[4]

Feldman represented Australia in the 2008 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, China.[5][6] He played for team Canberra in the 2012 World Cities Chess Championship in Al Ain, UAE.[7]

Feldman has a master's degree in Chess Coaching from the State Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, and is the co-owner of "Chess Masters", a chess coaching business in Sydney, with his wife, IM Irina Berezina. In 2005, he was awarded the FIDE Trainer title.

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Feldman FIDE rating history, 1990-2001 at Olimpbase.org
  2. ↑ NSWCA Hall of Fame. NSW Chess Association.
  3. ↑ Bekker, Gary (1999-04-26). "TWIC 233: Oceanic Zonal". theweekinchess.com. Mark Crowther. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  4. ↑ FIDE World Chess Championships start The Week in Chess 247, 2 August 1999
  5. ↑ "1st World Mind Sport Games - Men Team Blitz". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  6. ↑ "1st World Mind Sport Games - Men Team Rapid". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  7. ↑ "World Cities Chess Team Championship – Compositions". Chessdom. 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.