Valery Loginov (russian: Валерий Александрович Логинов; born 13 December 1955), is a

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and

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Grandmaster (GM) (1991) who from 1992 to 1995 played for

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. Three-times

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winner (1976, 1982, 1984), Saint Petersburg City Chess Championship (2000, 2004, 2005),

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team silver medalist (

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Biography

After graduating from

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 ...

Institute of Pulp and Paper Technology, Valery Loginov worked for many years in Uzbekistan. Three times he won the

: 1976, 1982, and 1984. In 1991, in

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Valery Loginov won a bronze medal with Uzbekistan team in the last Soviet Team Chess Championship. Many times he won udapest International Chess Tournaments (1990, 1991), as well as the Budapest International Chess Tournament Series ''First Saturday'' (1993, 1994) and ''Spring Open'' (1994). Valery Loginov has also won international chess tournaments in

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(1995), in

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(1998), and in St. Petersburg (1999). After moving to Russia, he three times won Saint Petersburg City Chess Championships: 2000, 2004, and 2005. Valery Loginov played for Uzbekistan in the

s: * In 1992, at first board in the

30th Chess Olympiad The 30th Chess Olympiad ( tl, Ika-30 Olimpiyadang pang-ahedres), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as wel ...

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(+1, =6, -6) and won team silver medal, * In 1994, at first board in the

31st Chess Olympiad The 31st Chess Olympiad (russian: 31-я Шахматная олимпиада, ''31-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male an ...

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(+3, =6, -2). In 1989, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later.

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