Sergei Yuryevic Makarichev (russian: Серге́й Юрьевич Макарычев; born November 17, 1953) is a Russian

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player, who gained the Grandmaster title in 1976.

Background

In 1974 he won the

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. Makarichev gained the title of

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in 1974 and became a Grandmaster in 1976. His highest

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rating was 2550 in January 1991, which places him 84th in the world at that time. His best world ranking was 61st, in July 1983. He has not been an active player since July 1999. Makarichev is a noted chess trainer. He was

Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Ches ...

's second in the 1985 World Championship,

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's second in the 1993 PCA World Championship, and became a FIDE Senior Trainer in 2007. Alongside his wife, he has also presented chess programs on the Russian channel

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. He also presents chess games and analysis on his Russian-language Youtube channel, ''Makarychev Chess''.

Notable tournament results

*1973/4

(

) 1st *1975

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2nd= *1976

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1st= (with

Mikhail Tseitlin Mikhail Semyonovich Tseitlin ( be, Міхаіл Сямёнавіч Цэйтлін; german: Michael Zeitlein; born 16 June 1947, in Babruysk) is a Belarusian chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster, now resident in Germany. Tseitlin was twice Mosco ...

) *1983 Moscow City Chess Championship 1st= (with

Evgeny Sveshnikov Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov ( rus, Евгений Эллинович Све́шников; lv, Jevgēņijs Svešņikovs; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FID ...

) *1983

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1st= *1984

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2nd= *1992 Tal Memorial (Open) 1st= with

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and Mikhail Krasenkov

References

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