Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev (17 April 1935 – 8 October 2021) was a Russian
chess
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player who held the
title
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of
International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...
. He was the twelfth
World Correspondence Chess Championship The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest the title. The official World Correspondence Chess Championship is managed by the International Corre ...
(1984–1991) and finished in third place at the "Hans-Werner von Massow Memorial" tournament (1996–2002).
Sanakoev is also the author of a book on
correspondence chess
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titled ''World Champion at the Third Attempt''.
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1935 births
2021 deaths
World Correspondence Chess Champions
Correspondence chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
Soviet chess players
Russian chess writers
Soviet chess writers
Soviet male writers
20th-century Russian male writers
Sportspeople from Voronezh
Writers from Voronezh
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