Darmen Sadvakasov (born 28 April 1979) is a

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player. He is a five-time national champion (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007) and a former world junior champion. Sadvakasov was awarded the title of

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(IM) by

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in 1995. In 1998 he won the World Junior Championship and as a result he was granted the title of Grandmaster (GM). The victory also qualified him for the

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. In this event he lost in the first round to

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by ½-1½, thus exiting the tournament. He tied for first at

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2000 and the 2003 Samba Cup. In 2004 he competed in the FIDE World Championship in

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. The next month he won the

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on tiebreak score over Leif Johannessen and

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. The following year Sadvakasov took part in the inaugural

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. In 2007 he tied for 1st–8th with

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, Magesh Chandran Panchanathan and

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in the

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Open. Sadvakasov also won matches against

Viktor Korchnoi Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ( rus, Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, p=vʲiktər lʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He ...

in 2003 by the score 5–3 and former

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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 ...

in 2004 by the score 4½–3½.

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Darmen Sadvakasov
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1979 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Kazakhstani chess players World Junior Chess Champions Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-chess-bio-stub