Adam Tukhaev

{{Short description|Ukrainian chess grandmaster (born 1988)}} {{Infobox chess player | country = Ukraine | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|2|14}} | birth_place = Kerch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | title = Grandmaster (2007)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main3240.jpg|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref> | peakrating = 2575 (September 2017) | FideID = 14109476 }}

'''Adam Ruslanovich Tukhaev''' is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

==Chess career== In June 2015, he finished second in the 4th Kadyrov Memorial, half a point behind winner Boris Savchenko.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/savchenko_wins_kadyrov_memorial/|title=Boris Savchenko Wins Akhmad Kadyrov Memorial|date=June 7, 2015}}</ref>

In January 2017, he took the sole lead with a perfect score after the seventh round of the Chennai International Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/chennai-third|title=Chennai 04-06: Adam Tukhaev leads|date=January 22, 2017|first=Nitin|last=Pai}}</ref>

In March 2017, he won the Stockholm Chess Challenge after having a better tiebreak score than Erik Blomqvist, Ulvi Bajarani, and Nikita Maiorov.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/stockholm-chess-challenge|title=Stockholm Chess Challenge: Adam Tukhaev wins|date=March 13, 2017|first=Priyadarshan|last=Banjan}}</ref>

In December 2018, he defeated Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the World Rapid Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/world-rapid-chess-championship-magnus-carlsen-suffers-early-upsets-viswanathan-anand-undefeated-after-day-one-5799181.html|title=World Rapid Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen suffers early upsets; Viswanathan Anand undefeated after day one|date=December 27, 2018|first=Aditya|last=Pai}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tukhaev, Adam}} Category:Living people Category:1988 births Category:Ukrainian chess players Category:Chess Grandmasters Category:People from Kerch