Biography

Kazakh Grandmaster (1996). FIDE Arbiter (2009). Kotsur was Kazakh Champion in 2002 and 2011 and equal first at the 2003 Zonal championship.

Best results: Budapest FS IM 1993, 1^st; Alma Ata 1995, 1^st; Ashkabad B 1995, 1^st; Novgorod Open 1999, 1^st; Lausanne Open 2001, 1^st; Wichern Open 2001, 1^st; Druzhinin Memorial 2002, 1^st; Abu Dhabi 2004, 2^nd; Saken Seifullin KAZ 2004, 1^st and Parsnath 2004, 1^st, Parsvnath International Open 2010, 1^st; Pavlodar Open 2007, 1^st; 1st Asian Central Cup (UZB) 2011, 2^nd. 

 

A participant in six Olympiads between 1994 and 2008 and in the 1998, 2002 and 2004 world championships.

Best ELO: 2607 in 2004.

Kotsur, Pavel (2607) - Kobalia, Mihail (2618) Abu Dhabi op 14th Abu Dhabi (7), 2004.08.21 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d5 Ne5 9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.a4 c6 12.Nf4 Kh8 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Qc2 g5 15.a5 Qc7 16.Nd3 Nfd7 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qd2 f4 19.Ne4 h6 20.h4 g4 21.gxf4 Ng6 22.f5 Ne5 23.Ng3 Bxf5 24.Nh5 e6 25.Nxg7 Qxg7 26.dxe6 Rbe8 27.Qxd6 Rxe6 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.e3 g3 30.fxg3 Rxe3 31.g4 Rd3 32.Qc5 Rg3 33.Ra2 Rxg4 34.Rxf5 Rg8 35.Qe5 Rxh4 36.Qxg7+ Rxg7 37.Raf2 Rh3 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Kf1 Re3 40.R8f7 Rxb3 41.Be4+ Kh8 1-0