Mesgen Amanov

Mesgen Amanov (born September 6, 1986) is a chess grandmaster from Turkmenistan. He is the highest rated player in his country, and has represented Turkmenistan in Chess Olympiads. Amanov is also a prominent chess teacher, working closely with fellow grandmaster Yury Shulman.

Notable games

This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

Roychoudhury vs. Amanov, FIDE Futurity Tournament, Milwaukee, 2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 2...Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 4...c5 5.Bd3 5...Qb6 6.Bxe4 dxe4 7.Nc3 7...Qxb2 8.Nxe4 8...cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Ne2 Bf5 11.f3 11...0-0-0 12.c3 e5 13.Be3 13...exd4 14.cxd4 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 15...Rhe8 16.N4g3 16...Bg6 17.Qc1 Ba3 18.Qxb2 19.Rad1 19...Nb4 20.Bc1 Bxc1 21.Nxc1 Rd6 22.Rd2 Red8 23.Nge2 b6 24.g4 24...Kb7 25.h4 h6 26.h5 Bh7 27.Rhd1 a5 28.a3 Nc2 29.a4 29...Nb4 30.Na2 30...Ka6 31.Nac3 31...Bc2 32.Ra1 Bd3 33.f4 Rc8 34.Kf3 Rd7 35.Rad1 Bxe2+ 36.Nxe2 Nd5 37.Rc1 37...Rxc1 38.Nxc1 Nc3+ 39.g5 Nxa4 40.gxh6 gxh6 41.Ke4 41...Nc3+ 42.Kf5 Rd5+ 0-1

External links

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9661/544
Mesgen Amanov rating card at FIDE
Mesgen Amanov player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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