Erik Kislik

Erik Kislik
Full name Erik Andrew Kislik
Country United States
Born (1987-11-14) November 14, 1987
Hillsborough, California, U.S.
Title International Master
FIDE rating
(No. 3,539 in the April 2016 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2415 (May 2012)
International Master Erik A. Kislik, Chess

Erik Andrew Kislik (born November 14, 1987) is an American chess International Master from Hillsborough, California. He achieved his first FIDE chess rating at age 20 and the International Master title at age 24. His peak FIDE rating is 2415 (May 2012).

Kislik has won a number of notable tournaments, including the First Saturday IM tournament in October 2008[1] and April 2009.[2] He also won the Caissa GM tournament in February 2012[3] and was the joint winner of the Caissa 2012 New Year GM tournament.[4]

Training

Kislik was reported to be the trainer of Grandmaster Davor Palo in Helsingør, Denmark for the 2013 Danish Chess Championship. Palo went on to win the tournament.[5] In June 2013, Kislik served as trainer for now Grandmaster Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson at the Icelandic Chess Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland.[6]

Contributions to opening theory

Kislik's opening novelties have been featured in the books Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon by David Vigorito, The Grunfeld: Volume 2 by Boris Avrukh, and King's Indian: A Complete Black Repertoire by Victor Bologan. In a Chess.com article, International Master Bryan Smith wrote that Kislik "had 2700 level preparation" but later edited his wording to "is very strong in opening theory."[7]

References

  1. ↑ "First Saturday IM Oct 2008 January 2009 Hungary FIDE Chess Tournament report". Ratings.fide.com. October 4, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ "First Saturday IM-A 2009 April July 2009 Hungary FIDE Chess Tournament report". Ratings.fide.com. April 4, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Caissa GM Feb 2012 May 2012 Hungary FIDE Chess Tournament report". Ratings.fide.com. February 18, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Caissa New Year GM 2012 March 2012 Hungary FIDE Chess Tournament report". Ratings.fide.com. December 27, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "GM Davor Palo is new champion of Denmark". Chessdom. April 1, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Icelandic Open Championship 2013 July 2013 Iceland FIDE Chess Tournament report". Ratings.fide.com. May 31, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ "A Traveling Chess Player 6: My Last Good Tournament". Chess.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
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