CanadaDimitri Komarov Grandmaster FIDE Senior Trainer website: gmkomarov.com
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About me
Playing experience
Dimitri Komarov
International Grandmaster since year 1994. Won or shared first place in more than thirty international tournaments.
Most important of them: 1991 – Belfort (France), 1992 – Torino, Asti (both Italy), 1993 – Bagneux (France), 1994 – Paris (France), 1995 – Belgrade (Yugoslavia), 1996 – Clermont Ferrand (France), Vienna (Austria), 1997/1998 – Reggio Emilia (Italy), 2000 – Niksic (Yugoslavia), 2004 – Amman (Jordan), 2006 – Bratto (Italy), 2009 – Varna (Bulgaria), 2010 – UAE open championship (Sharjah), 2011 – UAE open championship (Fujairah).
Highest rating in chess career: 2615 (48th World), January 1997
International Grandmaster since year 1994. Won or shared first place in more than thirty international tournaments.
Most important of them: 1991 – Belfort (France), 1992 – Torino, Asti (both Italy), 1993 – Bagneux (France), 1994 – Paris (France), 1995 – Belgrade (Yugoslavia), 1996 – Clermont Ferrand (France), Vienna (Austria), 1997/1998 – Reggio Emilia (Italy), 2000 – Niksic (Yugoslavia), 2004 – Amman (Jordan), 2006 – Bratto (Italy), 2009 – Varna (Bulgaria), 2010 – UAE open championship (Sharjah), 2011 – UAE open championship (Fujairah).
Highest rating in chess career: 2615 (48th World), January 1997
Teaching experience
FIDE Senior Trainer since 2012.
2010 (November) – 2017(August) Trainer of Sharjah cultural & chess club (United Arab Emirates)
2017 (September) – 2018 (July) Trainer of Sri Lankan national teams
2018 (August) – Trainer of Al Ain chess & mind games club
Trainer of the World Champions: Khalifman, Alexander (1988 – 1990); Ponomariov, Ruslan (2001 – 2004)
Trainer of Challengers of the World Champions (final match): Kamsky, Gata (1986 – 1987, 1996 – consultant on WCC match against Anatoly Karpov)
Best students: Nihal Sarin (India) and Salem AR Saleh (UAE)
Work with National Teams: South Africa junior's (2009), Libya (2011), Sierra-Leone (2021), Malawi (2022), Trinidad & Tobago (2023)
In year 2015 recognized by FIDE trainer's commission as a Number 4 junior's coach in the World:
In year 2019 nominated by Sri Lanka’s chess federation for the FIDE Trainer Award (best junior coach)
2010 (November) – 2017(August) Trainer of Sharjah cultural & chess club (United Arab Emirates)
2017 (September) – 2018 (July) Trainer of Sri Lankan national teams
2018 (August) – Trainer of Al Ain chess & mind games club
Trainer of the World Champions: Khalifman, Alexander (1988 – 1990); Ponomariov, Ruslan (2001 – 2004)
Trainer of Challengers of the World Champions (final match): Kamsky, Gata (1986 – 1987, 1996 – consultant on WCC match against Anatoly Karpov)
Best students: Nihal Sarin (India) and Salem AR Saleh (UAE)
Work with National Teams: South Africa junior's (2009), Libya (2011), Sierra-Leone (2021), Malawi (2022), Trinidad & Tobago (2023)
In year 2015 recognized by FIDE trainer's commission as a Number 4 junior's coach in the World:
In year 2019 nominated by Sri Lanka’s chess federation for the FIDE Trainer Award (best junior coach)
Other experiences
Published chess books:
Chess openings essentials in four volumes (cooperation with S. Djuric and C. Pantaleoni), New in chess, Netherlands (2007 – 2010)
2014 – official commentator of the FIDE World rapid and blitz championship in Dubai
A special program Dmitlichess is a Google Chrome extension that improves the default lichess.org sounds used Komarov’s voice available in Google Chrome Web store
Chess openings essentials in four volumes (cooperation with S. Djuric and C. Pantaleoni), New in chess, Netherlands (2007 – 2010)
2014 – official commentator of the FIDE World rapid and blitz championship in Dubai
A special program Dmitlichess is a Google Chrome extension that improves the default lichess.org sounds used Komarov’s voice available in Google Chrome Web store