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Sergei Tiviakov
Sergei Tiviakov, born in Krasnodar in the former Soviet Union in 1973,
is a Russian-Dutch chess grandmaster, European champion and four-time Dutch champion.
From 1980 to 1984, he attended the chess school of former World Champion Vasily Smyslov.
Tiviakov won the World Under-16 Championship in 1989 and the World Under-18 Championship in 1990,
before earning the grandmaster title in 1991.
In the PCA World Championship cycle, he qualified for the Candidates matches in 1993
and lost to Michael Adams in the 1994 quarter-finals only after a play-off.
That same year, he won team gold with Russia at the Chess Olympiad in Moscow.
Alongside his professional chess career, which began in 1989,
Tiviakov studied agricultural economics at Kuban State Agrarian University and graduated in 1995.
He has lived in Groningen since the late 1990s and represents the Netherlands.
With the Dutch national team, he won the European Team Chess Championship in 2001 and 2005.
Tiviakov achieved his greatest individual success in 2008, when he won the European Championship.
He became Dutch champion in 2006, 2007, 2018 and, most recently, for the fourth time in July 2026.
He reached his peak rating of 2699 in October 2005.
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This 60 Minutes video course provides you with very important practical knowledge of how to play with or against the bishop pair.
To avoid theory battles in well-known lines against Ruy Lopez (Berlin, Open Variation or the Marshall Attack), Sergey Tiviakov invites you into the world of an extraordinary early queen move for White: Qe2 – elegant, effective and easy to learn!
Fighting against the Najdorf is always difficult, but GM Tiviakov demonstrates a very effective way to combat this popular opening. Crafty players take the fight to their opponents on their own terms, and starting with 2.Nc3 you’ll learn how to take Najdo
On his new DVD, Sergei Tiviakov presents a complete repertoire for Black with the Queen’s Indian Defence. The grandmaster explains everything one needs to know after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6, more profoundly, extensively and thoroughly than ever before -
In this DVD the author answers how to realize an advantage, considering both the psychological aspects of the realisation of an advantage and the technical methods.
The purpose of this DVD is to explain the viewer all main methods of defence: exchanging pieces, creating a fortress, eliminating dangerous enemy pieces, escaping the danger zone with the king, improving the position of the pieces.
The positional exchange sacrifice is one of the most powerful and fascinating strategic weapons in chess. On this DVD Sergey Tiviakov explains why the positional exchange sacrifice is such a strong weapon and how to use it.
Studying the content of this DVD and adding these openings to your repertoire will provide players with a very strong tool to fight 1...e5 - as the practice of the author clearly demonstrates.
A complete repertoire for Black is set out to be used against moves such as 1.Nf3, 1.f4, 1.g3, 1.Nc3, 1.b3, 1.b4 and 1.g4. The author uses content from his own notebooks to provide a full explanation of how to proceed.
The purpose of this DVD is to teach players how to conduct the attack on the black king using different methods. Although the Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez are mostly positional openings, it is very often possible to make use of attacking methods of play
Build a first-class repertoire against the French with the help of one of its leading exponents in a new interactive video format! Includes tests with video feedback for every move. A must have for anyone wanting to beat the French with 3.Nd2!
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