Vladimir Sveshnikov | |
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Full name | Vladimirs Svešņikovs Vladimir Evgenyevich Sveshnikov |
Country | Latvia |
Born | Riga, Latvia | 6 May 1986
Title | International Master (2011) |
FIDE rating | 2417 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2440 (May 2012) |
Vladimir Sveshnikov (Latvian: Vladimirs Svešņikovs, Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Свешников, romanized: Vladimir Yevgenyevich Sveshnikov; born 6 May 1986) is a Latvian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 2011.
Born in Riga, Vladimir Sveshnikov is the eldest son of Russian grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov. As a junior, he was Latvian champion in the under-14 age category.[1] He was the best Latvian player in the Riga Technical University Open 2011, in which he finished third.[2] Sveshnikov won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2016.[3]
He played for the Latvian team in the 39th Chess Olympiad in 2010 and 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016.
In 2015, together with his father, he wrote the book A Chess Opening Repertoire for Rapid and Blitz, published in English and Russian.[4]