Anton Filippov

{{Short description|Uzbekistani chess grandmaster (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox chess biography | name = Anton Filippov | image = | caption =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|12|06}} | birth_place = [[Tashkent]], Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14200988&title=GM&pb=19 GM title application], FIDE</ref> | death_date = | death_place =  | country = Uzbekistan | title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2008) | peakrating = 2652 (November 2012) | peakranking = No. 94 (February 2013) | FideID = 14200988 }} '''Anton Filippov''' (born 6 December 1986) is an Uzbek [[chess grandmaster]].

==Career== He won the [[Asian Junior Chess Championship|Asian Under 16 Chess Championship 2001]] in [[Doha]],<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14200988&title=IM&pb=4 IM title application], FIDE</ref> and the [[Asian U18 Athletics Championships|Asian U18 Athletics Championship]] in 2004.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/FIDE/calendar/download/AsianBU-18_IRI.txt Asian Boys Under 18 Championship 2004], FIDE</ref> In 2007 he tied for 1st–3rd with [[Vladimir Egin]] and [[Timur Gareev]] in the [[Uzbekistani Chess Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=11278|title=Tournament report April 2008: Uzbekistan Championship (men)|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=28 May 2010}}</ref> In 2008 he won the first [[Kuala Lumpur]] Open Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4427-3rd-kuala-lumpur-international-open-chess-championship.html|title=3rd Kuala Lumpur International Open Chess Championship|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=28 May 2010|archive-date=30 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330090544/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4427-3rd-kuala-lumpur-international-open-chess-championship.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and tied for 4–8th with [[Tamaz Gelashvili]], [[Constantin Lupulescu]], [[Nidjat Mamedov]] and [[Alexander Zubarev]] in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=16186|title=Tournament report January 2009: Open Romgaz|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=28 May 2010}}</ref> In 2009, he won the fourth President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] Cup in [[Manila]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4135-fillipov-wins-4th-gma-cup-in-manila.html|title=Fillipov Wins 4th GMA Cup in Manila|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=28 May 2010}}</ref> tied for second with [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] in the fourth [[Kolkata]] Open,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/le-quang-liem-wins-kolkata-open/|title=Le Quang Liem wins Kolkata Open|last=Doggers|first=Peter|date=2009-09-10|publisher=ChessVibes.com|accessdate=28 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003083410/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/le-quang-liem-wins-kolkata-open|archive-date=3 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> tied for 3rd–8th with [[Vadim Malakhatko]], [[Elshan Moradiabadi]], [[Merab Gagunashvili]], [[Alexander Shabalov]] and [[Niaz Murshed]] in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in [[Colombo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=45273|title=Tournament report November 2009: The Ravana Challenge|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=28 May 2010}}</ref> He qualified for the [[Chess World Cup 2009]] and was knocked out by [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]] in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-cup-2009|title=The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Mini-Site 2009|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2009-12-15|publisher=Chess.co.uk|accessdate=16 December 2011|archive-date=2011-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020184547/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-cup-2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010 he tied for 3rd–6th with [[Ding Liren]], [[Zhou Jianchao]] and [[Merab Gagunashvili]] in the first [[Florencio Campomanes]] Memorial in Manila<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/campomanes-memorial|title=1st Florencio Campomanes Memorial|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=21 October 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100908092605/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/campomanes-memorial| archivedate= 8 September 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> and came first in the First [[Shukhrat Safin|Safin]] Memorial in Tashkent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6927|title=Greetings from the recent past|last=Begmatov|first=Jamshid|date=2011-01-07|publisher=ChessBase.com|accessdate=10 January 2011}}</ref> In 2011, he tied for 1st–3rd with [[Tigran L. Petrosian]] and [[Marat Dzhumaev]] in the [[Georgy Agzamov]] Memorial in [[Tashkent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/news-2011/georgy-agzamov-memorial|title=Georgy Agzamov Memorial|date=26 March 2011 |publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=26 March 2011}}</ref>

Filippov played for Uzbekistan in the [[Chess Olympiad]]s of 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/p7t7lddf.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Anton Filippov|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref>

Filippov recorded his career best performance of 2820 at the 40th [[Chess Olympiad]] in [[Istanbul]] 2012, where he won the individual silver medal on board two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr77681.aspx?lan=1&art=21&flag=30&wi=821|title=40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open - Board prizes|publisher=Chess-Results.com|accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Anton_Filippov Anton Filippov] chess games at 365Chess.com *{{chessgames player|id=61592}}

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