Darmen Sadvakasov

Darmen Sadvakasov
Full name	Darmen Sadvakasov
Country	Kazakhstan
Born	April 28, 1979 (1979-04-28) (age 32)
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2619 (No. 130 on the April 2009 FIDE ratings list[1])
Peak rating	2635 (January 2005)

Darmen Sadvakasov (born 28 April 1979) is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster. Sadvakasov received the International Master title in 1995 and the GM title in 1998 as a result of his victory in the World Junior Championship. He tied for first at Bali 2000 and the 2003 Samba Cup, and won first place outright at Copenhagen 2004. In 2007 he tied for 1st-8th with Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Shabalov, Varuzhan Akobian, Zviad Izoria, Victor Mikhalevski, Magesh Chandran Panchanathan and Justin Sarkar in the Miami Open.^[2] Sadvakasov also won matches against Viktor Korchnoi in 2003 by the score 5–3 and former World Champion Anatoly Karpov in 2004 by the score 4.5–3.5.

Notes

1. ^ http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml%7CAccessdate=2008/11/21
2. ^ Crowther, Mark (2007-10-01). "TWIC 673: Miami Chess Open". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic673.html#9. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 

External links

• FIDE rating card for Darmen Sadvakasov
• Darmen Sadvakasov player profile at ChessGames.com

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Name	Sadvakasov, Darmen
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