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Krasenkow in Warsaw, 2014
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Full name | Michał Krasenkow |
Country | Soviet Union, Poland |
Born |
Moscow, Russia |
November 14, 1963
Title | Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2620 (April 2017) |
Peak rating | 2702 (July 2000) |
Michał Krasenkow (born 14 November 1963) is a Polish chess grandmaster, a chess trainer and writer. He is one of the strongest Polish chess players since World War II. His playing style is aggressive and he has won many "best game" awards.
He was born in Moscow (formerly Mikhail Vladimirovich Krasenkov, Russian: Михаил Владимирович Красенков). Master of applied mathematics (1985). His first notable successes date back to the 80s: he became a national master of the USSR in 1982, an International Master in 1988 and an International Grandmaster in 1989. He became Champion of Georgia in 1987 and team champion of the USSR (with "Tigran Petrosian Chess Club", Moscow) in 1990.
In 1992 Krasenkow emigrated to Poland. Since 1996 he represents that country at international competitions. Two-times champion of Poland (2000, 2002). Krasenkow holds an unofficial record of winning Polish team championships, which he has done 14 times: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998 with "Stilon" Gorzów Wielkopolski, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 with "Polonia" Warsaw. European Cup winner (1997, with the Russian team "Ladia" Azov) and silver medalist (2001, 2003, 2005 with "Polonia Plus GSM" Warsaw, 2008 with OSC Baden-Baden). Representant of Poland at European team championships and Chess Olympiads since 1996 (European team championships: Pula 1997 - 3rd place on Board 1, Batumi 1999 - 2nd place on Board 1). Also German team champion (2006, 2007) and German Cup winner (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) with Ooser Schachclub Baden-Baden, French team champion (2010) with L'Echiquier Chalonnais, Turkish team champion (2016) with Hatay Buyuksehir Belediyesi Genclik Spor Kulubu.