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{{Infobox chess player
|image = Tkachiev vladislav 20081119 olympiade dresden.jpg
|name = Vladislav Tkachiev
|caption = at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008
|birthname = Владислав Ткачёв
|country = {{FRA}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|9}}
|birth_place = Moscow, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]
|worldchampion =
|womensworldchampion =
|rating = <br /><small>(No. 103 on the March 2011 FIDE ratings list)</small>
|peakrating = 2672 (January 2001)
|FideID = 618438
}}
'''Vladislav Tkachiev''' ({{lang|ru|''Владислав Ткачёв''}}, born Moscow November 9, 1973) is a French-Russian-Kazakhstani [[chess]] player.

==Biography==

In 1982, he moved to [[Kazakhstan]] with his parents and learnt to play chess a year later. A winner of the Kazakhstani Youth Championship in 1985, he went on to represent Kazakhstan at the [[1992 Chess Olympiad]] in [[Manila]] and was twice the national champion.

[[International Master]] and [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] titles were awarded to him in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Now living in [[Cannes]], Tkachiev has taken French citizenship and won the 2006 [[French Chess Championship]], held at [[Besançon]], August 14–26.<ref>[http://perso.orange.fr/eric.delaire/France/France.htm Championnats de France] {{fr icon}}</ref> His victory included a rapid play-off win against [[Laurent Fressinet]].

In 2007, he won the [[European Individual Chess Championship]], held in [[Dresden]], following a play-off with GMs [[Emil Sutovsky]], [[Dmitry Jakovenko]] and [[Ivan Cheparinov]].

He also reached the semi-finals of the [[Russian Chess Championship]] in 2005 and won the Moscow Blitz Superfinal in 2004, ahead of [[Alexander Morozevich]]. Other victories include [[Oakham]] 1993, [[Cannes]] 1996 (and 1999), [[Isle of Man]] 1996 and [[Makarska]] 1997.

In matchplay, he has defeated [[Alberto David]] 6-2 (+4=4) in 1999 and beat Dutch grandmaster [[John van der Wiel]] by 7-3 (+5=4-1). In 2000, his (Cannes) match against [[Jeroen Piket]] ended in a 4-4 draw (+2=4-2). In 2013 Tkachiev won the Nancy stage of the French Rapid Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4009160/nancy-2013---grand-prix-of-france-won-by-tkachiev-150313.aspx|title=Nancy 2013 - Grand Prix of France won by Tkachiev|date=2013-03-15|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=28 March 2013}}</ref>

Tkachiev admits leading a racy—if not hedonistic—lifestyle and to finding it difficult to cope with lengthy tournaments at long [[time control]]s. His passion is therefore for [[blitz chess]] and this appears also to be his real strength.

In September 2009, Tkachiev caused controversy after falling asleep during a match at an international tournament in [[Calcutta]], India. He was reportedly intoxicated and, after passing out repeatedly during the first hour of play, was forced to forfeit the game after eleven moves on technical grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/04/vladislav-tkachiev-drunk-kolkata|title=Drunken chess player Vladislav Tkachiev caught napping at tournament|date=2009-09-04|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|accessdate=8 April 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6821924.ece Maverick chess master Vladislav Tkachiev falls asleep at the board]</ref>

==Notable games==
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1209947, Viswanathan Anand vs Vladislav Tkachiev, FIDE WCh KO 2001, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78), 1/2-1/2]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1213972, Alexander Morozevich vs Vladislav Tkachiev, World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B 2001, Scotch Game: Classical, Intermezzo Variation (C45), 0-1]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1361536, Evgeny E Vorobiov vs Vladislav Tkachiev, 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals 2005, Scotch Game: Classical, Intermezzo Variation (C45), 0-1]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1426743, Vladislav Tkachiev vs Maxime Vachier Lagrave, French Championships 2006, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Knight Variation (A15), 1-0]

==Blitz Brothers==
On the less serious side of chess, Vladislav Tkachiev is one half of a duo, known as the "Blitz Brothers", responsible for setting up the ''World Chess Beauty Contest''. With the intention of promoting chess worldwide and attracting the interest of media and sponsors, Vladislav and his brother Evgeny created a website that hosted the competition. Although the site is currently offline, viewers were able to register to see the full size images and vote for their favourites.

Whilst the contest was controversial in some quarters and considered to be degrading by some female chess players, the not-too-revealing photographs were mostly sent in by the participants themselves. A judging panel was made up of a wider selection of chess grandmasters, including [[Nigel Short]], who along with some women players like [[Jennifer Shahade]], supported the idea behind the venture. Amongst the more noted chess players featured in the contest were [[Natalija Pogonina]], [[Maria Manakova]], [[Almira Skripchenko]] and [[Elisabeth Pähtz]].

==References==
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* [http://www.echecs.com/articles/article2.php?id_article=413 French Championship 2006 round-up (in French)]
* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2208] "Blitz Brothers" on Chessbase
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article745625.ece] Times Online - article from ''The Sunday Times'' December 4, 2005.

==External links==
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* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2095 Tkachiev interviewed for Chessbase]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14240? Tkachiev's games at Chessgames.com]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Chess grandmasters]]
[[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]
[[Category:French chess players]]
[[Category:Russian chess players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani chess players]]
[[Category:European Chess Champions]]

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