Vadim Milov

<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2>
<p>Born in <a href="/facts/Ufa/pKeEDcYl">Ufa</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> following the collapse of the <a href="/facts/USSR/m7wWsPto">USSR</a>, he moved to Israel in 1992, before finally settling in Switzerland in 1996.
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
<p>He played at the traditional GM Invitation tournament of <a href="/facts/Biel/NzCI7g9d">Biel</a> in 1996, co-winning with then reigning <a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499">FIDE</a> <a href="/facts/World_Chess_Champion/XPdyx85g">World Chess Champion</a> <a href="/facts/Anatoly_Karpov/b5jAyz9S">Anatoly Karpov</a>, ahead of prominent players such as <a href="/facts/Jaan_Ehlvest/vY79IBIy">Jaan Ehlvest</a>, who was sole third, <a href="/facts/Ulf_Andersson/PeMo3aMx">Ulf Andersson</a>, <a href="/facts/Zolt%25C3%25A1n_Alm%25C3%25A1si/wXxvPjKl">Zoltán Almási</a>, <a href="/facts/Jo%25C3%25ABl_Lautier/htaDXc0j">Joël Lautier</a>, <a href="/facts/Lajos_Portisch/2bhYmVUa">Lajos Portisch</a> or <a href="/facts/Tony_Miles/RrV116Yk">Tony Miles</a> who was placed last in a field of twelve players.
</p><p>He won the <a href="/facts/Australian_Chess_Championship/SS5BSQwr">Australian Open Chess Championship</a> in 1999, held in Sunshine Coast.
</p><p>Some tournament successes include joint first places at <a href="/facts/Aeroflot_Open/T4L5UH7F">Aeroflot Open</a> 2002, Santo Domingo 2003, Geneva 2004, the 2005 <a href="/facts/U.S._Open_Chess_Championship/hHKhgg7z">U.S. Open</a> and <a href="/facts/Gibraltar_Chess_Festival/p78FVdUC">Gibraltar</a> 2009 (but lost the play-off against <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> He also won the Corsica Masters International Rapid 2005 by defeating <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a> in the finals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>In 2015 Milov won the <a href="/facts/Swiss_Chess_Championship/NRjPFpCM">Swiss Chess Championship</a> by defeating <a href="/facts/Alexandra_Kosteniuk/knfXHEtt">Alexandra Kosteniuk</a> 1½-½ in a rapid playoff.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>He has so far played twice in <a href="/facts/Chess_Olympiad/W200Xq2h">Chess Olympiads</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<ul><li>In 1994, at second reserve board in <a href="/facts/31st_Chess_Olympiad/bLCjXeDs">31st Chess Olympiad</a> in Moscow (+4 –1 =4) for Israel;</li>
<li>In 2000, at second board in <a href="/facts/34th_Chess_Olympiad/PhoVBVCL">34th Chess Olympiad</a> in Istanbul (+3 –2 =7) for Switzerland.</li></ul>
<p>In recent years, he has been relatively inactive and playing very few tournaments.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1304364">Vadim Milov</a> rating card at <a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499">FIDE</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.365chess.com/players/Vadim_Milov">Vadim Milov</a> chess games at 365Chess.com</li>
<li><a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=21410">Vadim Milov</a> player profile and games at <a href="/facts/Chessgames.com/nWjKcbLq">Chessgames.com</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Vadim Milov. ChessBase Shop. Retrieved 4 January 2016 <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/authors/vadim_milov" target="_blank">https://shop.chessbase.com/en/authors/vadim_milov</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Tournament report April 2009: Gibraltar Master 2009". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2009. <a href="http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=18474" target="_blank">http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=18474</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Crowther, Mark (2005-11-07). "TWIC 574: Corsica Masters". London Chess Center. Retrieved 30 December 2009. <a href="https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic574.html#3" target="_blank">https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic574.html#3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Abschluss der SEM in Leukerbad: Erster Titel für GM Vadim Milov – FM Patrick Grandadam Junioren-Meister – Hans-Georg Morger holt Gold bei den Senioren". Swiss Chess Federation. 2015-07-17. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160119061202/http://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/items/abschluss-der-sem-in-leukerbad-erster-titel-fuer-gm-vadim-milov-fm-patrick-grandadam-junioren-meister-hans-georg-morger-holt-gol.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160119061202/http://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/items/abschluss-der-sem-in-leukerbad-erster-titel-fuer-gm-vadim-milov-fm-patrick-grandadam-junioren-meister-hans-georg-morger-holt-gol.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Vadim Milov". OlimpBase. Retrieved 29 December 2010. <a href="http://www.olimpbase.org/players/cigc8ukc.html" target="_blank">http://www.olimpbase.org/players/cigc8ukc.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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