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Vadim Milov

Vadim Milov is a chess player born in Ufa who holds the title of Grandmaster and has represented both Israel and Switzerland.

born 1972Chess Grandmaster titleShared first place at Biel 19962015 Swiss Chess Championship

Born: 1 August 1972, Ufa
Occupation: chess player

Vadim Milov was born in 1972 in Ufa

Vadim Milov was born on 1 August 1972 in Ufa. After the Soviet Union collapsed, he moved to Israel in 1992. In 1996 he settled in Switzerland.

He became an International Master in 1992 and a Grandmaster in 1993. He placed 11th in the 1992 Israeli Chess Championship and 7th in 1994. He played for Israel at the 1994 Chess Olympiad in Moscow.

In 1996 he shared first place at the Biel tournament with Anatoly Karpov. He won the Australian Open in 1999 and shared first place at the Aeroflot Open in 2002 and the U.S. Open in 2005. In 2005 he also won the Corsica Masters rapid event, beating Viswanathan Anand in the final.

He played for Switzerland at the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul and twice in the European Team Championship. In 2015 he won the Swiss Chess Championship after a rapid playoff against Alexandra Kosteniuk. In recent years he has played few tournaments.