Viktor Davidovich Kupreichik (russian: Ви́ктор Давыдо́вич Купре́йчик, be, Віктар Давыдавіч Купрэйчык, ''Viktar Davydavič Kuprejčyk''; 3 July 1949 – 22 May 2017) was a

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grandmaster.

Career

At the beginning of his career, he won the individual gold medal at the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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in 1968 at age 19. He won the

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in 1972 and 2003. In 1980, he was awarded the Grandmaster title. He also placed first at

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(Masters' tournament) 1977,

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1978 (jointly),

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1980,

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1980,

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1980, and

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in 1981/82. In 2002 Kupreichik won the Group B of the first edition of the

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. In 2010, he won the European Seniors’

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Championship. A player of real fighting chess, he would often lead tournaments in the early stages and then run out of stamina and lose heavily in the last few rounds; for example, at each of the Soviet Championships of 1979 and 1980, he won 5 consecutive games, but only finished 6th on both occasions. He died on 22 May 2017.

Family

His niece is

Anastasia Sorokina Anastasia Sorokina ( be, Анастасія Сарокіна; born 26 January 1980 in Minsk, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2001 and is an International Arbiter (20 ...

References

External links

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chess games at 365Chess.com * 1949 births 2017 deaths Chess grandmasters Belarusian chess players Soviet chess players Chess players from Minsk {{Belarus-chess-bio-stub