Anatoly Vaisser

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GFHund: photo 2016 at Marienbad (Mariánské) Senior world championship

[[File:Vaisser,Anatoly 2016 Marienbad.jpeg|thumb|Anatoly Vaisser, 2016 at Mariánské]]
'''Anatoly Vaisser''' (born 5 March 1949 in [[Almaty]]) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-born [[France|French]] [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]].

In 1982 he won the [[Russian Chess Championship|championship of Soviet Russia]]. Vaisser shared first with [[Evgeny Sveshnikov]] at [[Sochi]] in 1983, tied for 2nd and 3rd with [[Viswanathan Anand]], behind [[István Csom]], at [[New Delhi]] in 1987, and took second, behind [[Vladimir Malaniuk]], at [[Budapest]] in 1989. He tied for first in the [[Cappelle-la-Grande Open]] twice: in 1987 with [[Anthony Kosten]] and [[Jonny Hector]], and in 1991 with [[Matthew Sadler]].

Since 1991, Vaisser has [[List of nationality transfers in chess|represented]] France. He won the [[French Chess Championship|French championship]] at [[Narbonne]] 1997, and was twice runner-up (1996 and 2001).<ref>[http://perso.orange.fr/eric.delaire/France/France.htm Championnats de France] {{fr icon}}</ref>

Vaisser played twice for France in the [[Chess Olympiad]]s of:
* 1998, on the fourth board at the [[33rd Chess Olympiad]] in [[Elista]] (+2 −1 =4);
* 2002, on the second reserve board at the [[35th Chess Olympiad]] in [[Bled]] (+2 −3 =1).<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase: The Encyclopaedia of Team Chess]</ref>

Vaisser was awarded the [[International Master]] (IM) title in 1982 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1985.

In 2010 Vaisser won the 20th [[World Senior Chess Championship]] and the 23rd in 2013. In the following year, he won the over-65 section of the 24th World Senior Championship, which was split for the first time in two divisions (over-50 and over-65).

==Notable games==
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266657, Anthony Miles vs Anatoli Vaisser, ol (men) 1998, Horwitz Defense: General (A80), 1/2-1/2]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1243624, Anatoli Vaisser vs A Mutzner, Mendrisio open 1988, Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation (A80), 1–0]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Anatoly_Vaisser Anatoly Vaisser] chess games at 365Chess.com
*{{chessgames player|id=14218|name=Anatoli Vasser}}

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[[Category:Kazakhstani Jews]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]
[[Category:World Senior Chess Champions]]

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Anatoly Vaisser