GM Vladimir Belous

I am originally from Russia. In 2013, I became a GM. I have 2 Bachelor’s degrees I acquired in Russia and the USA. I moved to Brownsville, TX, United States in 2016, where I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
FIDE: ratings.fide.com/profile/4174003
Facebook: www.facebook.com/vladimir.belous.90
E-mail: belousvovis@gmail.com

Russian Championship 1st Place category: under 10. 2003
Russian Championship 1st Place category: under 14. 2005
Russian Championship 1st Place category: under 10. 2009 B-16 HL 2009 RUS Juniors Champ.
Russian Championship 1st Place category: under 10. 2010 B-18 HL 2010 RUS Juniors Champ.
Moscow Open 2011 1st Place
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad 1st Place (team championship) 09/25/2009
Moscow Men Champ. 2009 SF Open 2009-03-21
Men's Moscow Champ. 2010 SF 2010-03-06
2011 RUS Juniors Champ. B-20 3rd Place 2011-03-04
Moscow Team Champion 2011 A (team) 2011-09-25
2nd A.Margaryan Memorial - RR 1st Place 2012-01-09
B-20 Juniors Champ. 2012 2nd Place
World’s Youth Stars Vanya Somov’s Memorial 2nd Place
Bondarevsky Memorial 2013 1st Place 2013-11-30
Moscow-Open 2014 F 3rd Place
Moscow Championship men final 2014-03-22
13th World University Chess Championship (men) 1st Place team 2014-08-18
Dvorkovich Memorial Chess Tournament Taganrog A 1st Place
GM ZAW WIN LAY MEMORIAL Myanmar International Open 2014 T-1st Place
1st International Open Municipality of N.Propontidas 2015 2nd Place
X Dvorkovich Memorial Chess Tournament 1st Place
Team Championship Moscow 2015 1st Place
8th Chennai Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 1st Place
2nd UTRGV GM-norm Chess Tournament 1st Place
5x Winner Lone Star Open 1st Place
25th Annual Chicago Open 1st Place
2016 Houston Chess Festival - Open 1st Place
2016 Texas Collegiate Super Finals
2016 Houston Open T-1st Place
8th Annual Golden State Open 2nd Place
2017 Gem City Open T-1st Place
2017 ChessStars Orlando Sunshine Open T-1st Place
Wisconsin International Chess Festival T-1st Place
2017 US Masters Championship 1st Place
53rd Annual American Open 1st Place
Labor Day CCCSA GM Norm Invitational T-1st Place
2018 Texas Collegiate Super Finals 1st Place (TEAM)
2018 Final Four of College Chess 1st Place (TEAM)
2019 Final Four of College Chess 1st Place (TEAM)
51st Annual Atlantic Open 1st Place
28th Annual Midwest Class Champ 1st Place
2019 Houston Open T-1st Place
11th Annual Golden State Open 1st Place
2020 Cardinal Open T-1st Place
14th Annual Cleveland Open 1st Place
14th Philadelphia International T-1st Place
2021 US Class Chess Championships 1st Place
PNWCC FIDE Summer of Seattle 2nd Place
16th Annual Indianapolis Open T-1st Place
2021 Las Vegas Open 1st Place
26th Annual Northeast Open T-1st Place
2021 Niagara Falls Open T-2nd Place
13th Annual Golden State Open T-2nd Place
2022 Kings Island Open T-2nd Place
2022 Hollywood Norm Classic #3 T-1st Place
2022 Saint Louis Norm Congress 1st Place
2022 Winter 1000GM Invitational T-2nd Place
11th Annual Boston Chess Congress 1st Place
14th Annual Southwest Class Championship 1st Place
27th Annual Mid-America Open 3rd Place
2025 WA Class Champion 1st Place
2x Austin Winter Open Champion
2026 Southwest Class 3rd Place
2026 Eastside Open

I began coaching in 2011 when I was accepted as a sportsman-instructor in the Moscow City Physical Culture and Sports Association, Karpov’s School Department. In 2016 I moved to the United States and worked at UTRGV as a chess instructor.

I collected all the best skills of the Soviet chess school. My coaches, GM Sergey Arkhipov, GM Valery Chekhov, GM Evgeny Bareev taught me how to prepare for the game by identifying my opponents' weaknesses. I was lucky to attend Mark Drovetsky’ session, which is how I improved conversion and endgame technique.

My analytical skills help me accurately predict which openings will appear in my games or the games of my students. My chess style is dynamic and aggressive. Rook endgames are my “business card,” which I am most proud of.
I passionately share all my knowledge and experience with my students.

At first, I identify the weaknesses of my students, and then we work to fill those “blind spots”. I can teach you how to work with ChessBase software when building an opening repertoire.