Dmitry Svetushkin
Moldovan chess grandmaster (1980–2020)
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Dmitry Svetushkin (Russian: Дмитрий Светушкин; Romanian: Dumitru Svetuşchin; 25 July 1980 – 4 September 2020) was a Moldovan chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002.
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Svetushkin at 2016 Chess Olympiad, Baku | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 July 1980 |
| Died | 4 September 2020 (aged 40) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Moldova |
| Title | Grandmaster (2002) |
| Peak rating | 2621 (November 2011) |
He won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 2000. He tied for first with Johan Hellsten and Marcin Szymański in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.[1] In 2007 he tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Vadim Malakhatko, Mircea Parligras, Hristos Banikas, and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis in the Acropolis International Tournament[2] and tied for 3rd–9th with Pavel Smirnov, Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeny Vorobiov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Vladimir Dobrov, and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament.[3] In 2008 he won the 2nd Gap Open.[4] In 2010 he tied for 1st–3rd with Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Alexander Zubarev at Palaiochora.[5] In 2012 Svetushkin won the 2nd International Tournament Isthmia in Vrachati on tiebreak from Eric Hansen and Shyam Sundar,[6] and the 17th Bora Kostic Memorial, a category 14 round-robin tournament in Vršac.[7] In 2017, he finished second in the 19th Sants Open in Barcelona[8] and won the 3rd Ceramica Corund Open on tiebreak from Benjamin Gledura.[9]
Svetushkin played for the Moldovan national team in the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship. In the 2014 Olympiad he achieved a rating performance of 2809, the fourth best on board two.[10]
Dmitry Svetushkin died on 4 September 2020.[11]
Books
- Svetushkin, Dmitry (2013). The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld: A Sämisch Repertoire. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782944.