Sergei Tiviakov

Sergey Tiviakov (formerly Russian Сергей Тивяков, German transcription: Sergei Tiwjakow, scientific transliteration Sergei Tivjakov; born February 14, 1973 in Krasnodar ) is a Dutch world-class chess player of Russian origin.

Tiviakov learned chess as a five year old. Between 1980 and 1984 he was a pupil of Vasily Smyslov in the chess school. In 1989 he started a professional career as a player and won in the same year the World Youth Championships U16. In 1990 he became Junior World Champion in the U18 category. In 1991, FIDE awarded him the title of Grand Master. 1993 won Tiviakov in Rostov -on-Don and qualified in the same year in Groningen for the candidate struggles of the PCA, however, different in the quarter- finals in 1994 in New York against the British Michael Adams with 6,5:7,5 (after rapid chess stinging, 4:4 after tournament games ) from. In 1994 he was second in Wijk aan Zee. In 1995 he completed his studies in economics in Krasnodar and moved in 1997 to the Netherlands ( Groningen).

In 1998 he won together with Vadim Milov in Groningen. With the Netherlands Tiviakov won the European Team Championships in 2001 and 2005. 2001 he also received a gold medal in the individual competition on the third board. In the national championship of the Netherlands, he landed in 2005 along with Daniël Stellwagen on the shared second place, in 2006 he won superior with 9 points from 11 games, 2007, he was again by Dutch masters, this time to score the direct comparison, level on points with Stellwagen. In 2008, he won the European Championship in Plovdiv. In February 2009, he won the second - Pfalz Open in Neustadt on the Wine Route with 7.5 points from 9 games.

Tiviakov plays since the 2007 /08 season for the club Epping in the German Chess League.

ChessBase he published instructional videos on the Maroczy system and Alapin variation of the Sicilian defense.

Last among the top 20 in the world he was in October 2005.