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

Mesgen Amanov went to Sport and Tourism University in Turkmenistan, majoring in chess coach, he graduated at the age of 19-20.

Grandmaster Amanov raised/ trained to World Under-8 Champions in 2011 with Awonder Liang. In 2017 his pupil Aren Emrikian became Under-8 World Chess Champion and his another student Arthux Xu became silver medalist in the 2017 under-10 World Championship.[1][2] In 2018 the article Mesgen Amanov wrote on uschess.org named "Path to the Podium: GM Mesgen Amanov on Training" was chosen the article of the year by uschess.org.[2] In November 2018 Mesgen Amanov coached his another pupil, Yuvraj 'Raj' Chennareddy, into Gold in the 2018 World Cadet Championship organised by the International Chess Federation, FIDE.[3][4][5][6][7] His pupil Yuavaraj Raj scored 10.5 points out ouf possible 11, which was described as amazing by Chesskid.com author Fide Master Kostya Kavutskiy and as "dazzling" by the US Chess Federation website [6][4] In 2019 the article Amanov authored on uschess.org named "A Perfect Triangle: GM Amanov on Coaching Raj to Gold" was chosen as the second best article of the year in the "Best of Chess Life Online 2018" by US Chess Federation.[8]

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

References
  1. Amanov, Mesgen (October 20, 2017). "Path to the Podium: GM Mesgen Amanov on Training". US Chess. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. USChess (8 February 2018). "Best of US Chess 2018 #1: Mesgen Amanov on Training Champions". US Chess Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. "World Cadet Chess Championship U-08 Open 2018". International Chess Federation. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. US Chess (November 14, 2018). "Newsflash: Yuvraj Chennareddy Wins World Under 8 Title". US Chess. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. Amanov, Mesgen (December 7, 2018). "A Perfect Triangle: GM Amanov on Coaching Raj to Gold". US Chess. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. https://www.chesskid.com/article/view/2018-world-cadet-championship
  7. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-world-cadets-championship-2018-u8
  8. "Best of CLO 2018 #2: Amanov on Coaching the World Youth". US Chess. February 8, 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.


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