Dimitri Komarov ( uk, Дмитро Комаров (''Dmytro Komarov)''; born 1 December 1968) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

grandmaster (1994). He was the Ukrainian Chess Champion in 1983.

Chess career

Born in 1968, he won the

Ukrainian Chess Championship This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the to ...

in 1983, sharing first with

Valeriy Neverov Valeriy Neverov (russian: Валерий Неверов; uk, Валерій Невєров; born 21 June 1964 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (1991) and four-time Ukrainian Chess Champion (1983, 1985, 1988 and 1996). Chess career ...

. Komarov earned his

international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

title in 1990 and his grandmaster title in 1994. He won the

Reggio Emilia chess tournament The Reggio Emilia chess tournament was an annual chess tournament held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Italian the tournament is called ''Torneo di Capodanno'' (New Year's tournament), as it used to start just after Christmas and end on the day of Epip ...

of 1997–98. He is the No. 46 ranked Ukrainian player as of June 2020. He is coaching Indian grandmaster

Nihal Sarin Nihal Sarin (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian chess player and chess prodigy. He achieved the title of Grandmaster at age 14. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at the time made him the third youngest player in hi ...

since 2016.

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* * 1968 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Ukrainian chess players {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub