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    Emil Sutovsky - Wikipedia

    • Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September 1977) is an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1996. Sutovsky is the FIDE CEO since 2022. Previously, he served as FIDE Director-General (2018-22). He was the president of the Association of Chess Professionals from 2012 to 2019. See more

    Successes

    Sutovsky learned to play chess at the age of four. He achieved notable successes by winning the
    In 2001, Sutovsky won … See more

    Olympiad career

    Sutovsky represented Israel in nine Chess Olympiads from 1996 to 2014. In the 2010 Chess Olympiad he took the gold medal for the best individual performance on board two and showed the highest TPR (Tournament … See more

    BornSeptember 19, 1977 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
    CountrySoviet Union (until 1991) · Israel (since 1991)
    TitleGrandmaster (1996)
    FIDE rating2590 (January 2025)
    Playing style

    Sutovsky's uncompromising style has attracted a lot of attention: his sacrificial victory over Ilya Smirin in the 2002 Israeli Chess Championship was voted the best game of issue 86 of Chess Informant, and his victory … See more

    External links

    • Emil Sutovsky rating card at FIDE
    • Emil Sutovsky player profile and games at Chessgames.com
    • Emil Sutovsky chess games at 365Chess.com… See more

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