Mesgen Amanov

Mesgen Amanov (born September 6, 1986) is a chess grandmaster from Turkmenistan. He is the highest rated player in his country, and has represented Turkmenistan in 4 Chess Olympiads. In January 2012 Grandmaster Amanov started MACA (Mesgen Amanov Chess Academy) in Illinois and raised top students all over the country.

In 2015, Grandmaster Amanov launched ImproveMyChess.com https://improvemychess.com/imc-home which is considered to be one of the most successful online video chess training programs.

Coaching career

Grandmaster Amanov raised/ trained to World Under-8 Champions in 2011 with Awonder Liang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpbDQNuiCA) and in 2017 with Aren Emrikian ( This story became chess article of the year on uschess.org site: https://new.uschess.org/news/best-us-chess-2018-1-mesgen-amanovs-training-champions/). In the same 2017, Amanov's pupil Arthux Xu became silver medalist.

Notable games

Amanov M, vs. Kacheishvili G, Chicago Open 2012

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d5 Na5 7. O-O a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. e4 Nh6 10. Rb1 bxc4 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qc2 e6 13. Nxc4 exd5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd2 Qxa2 17. Bf1 Rb8 18. Re3 f5 19. Ra3 Rxb2 20. Rxa2 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 fxe4 22. Ng5 Ng4 23. Bf4 h6 24. Bxd6 hxg5 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. Rb8 Be6 27. Rxc5 Ne5 28. Rd8 Kf7 29. Rcxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Ke6 31. Ra5 g4 32. Bxa6 Bh6 33. Bc8+ Kf6 34. Kg2 1-0

Amanov M, vs. Rozentallis E, Khanty-Mansiysk 39th Olympiad 2010

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Bf6 11. e4 Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Re1 Be5 14. Nc3 Nc8 15. Bf4 Nxd6 16. Bxe5 Nc4 17. Bd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Re8 19. e5 Re6 20. Qd2 d5 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Re8+ Qxe8 23. Qxd6 Bc4 24. Rd1 a5 25. b3 Bd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Ra7 28. Qxb6 Rd7 29. Qxa5 Nc6 30. Re1 1-0


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