Kaido Külaots (born 28 February 1976) is an Estonian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001.
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![]() Külaots at the European Rapid Chess Championship, Warsaw (2013) | |
Country | Estonia |
Born | Pärnu, Estonia | 28 February 1976
Title | Grandmaster (2001) |
FIDE rating | 2517 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2609 (July 2011) |
Biography
editHe has won the Estonian Chess Championship in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2020[1] and 2023.[2][3] Külaots has represented Estonia in the Chess Olympiad (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2018) and the European Team Chess Championship (in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2019).[4]
He tied for 1st–2nd with Evgeny Alekseev at the Rector Cup, Kharkiv 2003[5][6] and with Vladislav Nevednichy at Paks 2003,[7] tied for 1st–6th with Evgeniy Najer, Artyom Timofeev, Zoltan Gyimesi, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2004,[8] tied for 1st–2nd with Artjom Smirnov at the Paul Keres Chess Festival in Tallinn 2004,[9] came 2nd behind Sergei Tiviakov and ahead of Oleg Korneev at the Gausdal Classics 2005,[10] came 1st at the Heart of Finland Open in Jyväskylä 2008,[11] tied for 1st–3rd with Róbert Ruck and Gabor Papp at the 1st Gedeon Barcza Memorial 2008,[12] tied for 3rd–6th with Šarūnas Šulskis, Tiger Hillarp Persson and Hans Tikkanen at Borup 2010[13] and won the 1st Festival Gif-sur-Yvette 2010.[14] Külaots competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2017 as a FIDE nominee. Here he was knocked out in the first round after losing to Nikita Vitiugov by ½–1½.[15] In February 2019 Külaots won the Aeroflot Open edging out Haik Martirosyan on tiebreak, after both players scored 7/9 points. Thanks to this victory, Külaots earned an invitation to play in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting.[16][17] Külaots is one of the few players to have a positive lifetime record against World Champion Magnus Carlsen.[18]
References
edit- ^ Eesti meeste meistrivõistlused males 2020
- ^ 57. Ilmar Raua mälestusturniir males / Eesti meeste/open ja naiste meistrivõistlused 2023, Viljandi 02.07. - 09.07.
- ^ Eesti MV 2023 playoff
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Kaido Külaots". OlimpBase. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "The Rector Cup". FIDE. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ Kharkov Rector Cup 5th, www.365chess.com, Retrieved 18.03.2022
- ^ "VII.Paks Kupa GM". FIDE. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ Crowther, Mark. "TWIC: Cappelle-la-Grande 2004". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2004-07-26). "TWIC 507: Keres Memorial". London Chess Center. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2005-04-25). "TWIC 546: Gausdal Classics". London Chess Center. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Mikael Agopov's Success". Armchess. 2008-08-20. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Crowther, Mark. "TWIC 731: 1st Gedeon Barcza Memorial". London Chess Centre. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "5. XtraCon i Skovbo 2010 GM-turnering November 2010 Denmark". FIDE. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "1er Festival Gif-sur-Yvette - A May 2010 France". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2017-09-29). "FIDE World Cup 2017". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "Kaido Kulaots Wins Main Tournament of Aeroflot Open 2019". Russian Chess Federation. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ "Kaido Külaots võitis Moskva maleturniiri". Postimees Sport (in Estonian). 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ Classical games: Kaido Kulaots beat Magnus Carlsen 2 to 1, with 3 draws, www.chessgames.com
External links
edit- Kaido Kulaots chess games at 365Chess.com
- Kaido Kulaots player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Kaido Kulaots at Chessmetrics
- Kaido Külaots - Yearbook Surveys - New In Chess