Konstantin Sakaev

Infobox chess player


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birthname = Konstantin Sakaev
country = RUS
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title = Grandmaster
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rating = 2634
(No. 95 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2677 (January 2005)

Konstantin Sakaev (born in a Tatar family 13 April 1974) is a Russian chess International Grandmaster, from St Petersburg, a title he obtained in 1992. [http://www.chessville.com/LessonsLearned/2004Feb.htm "Lessons Learned"] , Chessville, February 2004] He is also a chess writer. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St. Petersburg and has assisted Vladimir Kramnik and Nana Ioseliani while preparing for World Championship Candidates' Matches. [http://www.gmchess.com/gmschool/ GMchess] ]

Notable results

* World Champion under 16 - 1990
* USSR Youth Champion - 1990
* World Champion under 18 - 1992
* Russian Champion - 1999
* Olympic champion with the Russian team - 1998 and 2000
* 16th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup. [ [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a5a7$iix.htm 2005 FIDE World Cup Results] at [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-indx.htm Mark Weeks' World Chess Championship Index] ]

Works

* "Expert's Guide to the 7.Bc4 Gruenfeld" ISBN 9789548782487
* "Latest Trends in the Semi Slav: Anti-meran" (with Semko Semkov) ISBN 9789548782425
* "How to Get the Edge Against the Gruenfeld" ISBN 9789548782357

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