Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev (russian: Константи́н Ру́фович Сака́ев; born 13 April 1974 in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) is a Russian
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 (1993), chess author and
Russian champion in 1999. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St. Petersburg and has assisted
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Cha ...
and
Nana Ioseliani
Nana Ioseliani ( ka, ნანა იოსელიანი; born 12 February 1962) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the Woman Grandmaster title in 1980 and the International Master title in 1993.
Already in 1978 she was su ...
in preparing for
World Championship
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Candidates' Matches.
[GMchess]
Notable results
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Under-16 World Champion 1990
* USSR Youth Champion 1990
["Lessons Learned"]
Chessville, February 2004
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Leningrad Champion 1990
* U18 World Champion 1992
[
* Russian Champion 1999][
* ]Olympic
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Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
champion with the Russian team in 1998 and 2000[
* 16th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup.2005 FIDE World Cup Results]
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References
External links
Konstantin Sakaev
chess games at 365Chess.com
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1974 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
World Youth Chess Champions
Chess Olympiad competitors
Russian chess writers
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
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