Yevgeniy Vladimirov (russian: Евгений Владимиров; born 20 January 1957) is a

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player and trainer from

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. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 1989.

Career

In 2004, during the 14th

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Chess Festival, Vladimirov played a match against the computer program

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, losing three games and drawing one. He acted as one of

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's s in his 1986 World Championship match against

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 ...

, when he was accused by Kasparov of giving information about the former's preparation to Karpov. In 2004 he was awarded the title of

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. In 2014, at the 1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards in

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, Vladimirov was voted the best coach of the year.1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards
FIDE. 2014-06-05.

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