- Yuri Sakharov
Yuri Nikolaevich Sakharov (
18 September 1922 –26 September 1981 ) was a Ukrainian chess master. [ [http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/bcmmagold.html British Chess Magazine: Magazine, Older Issues Available ] ] citation
last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
publisher=McFarland
isbn=0-7864-2353-6
page=369]Sakharov was twice Ukrainian Champion in 1966 and 1968. He participated in many Ukrainian championships, tying for 4-6th in 1946 (
Anatoly Bannik won), tying for 3rd-4th in 1947 (Alexey Sokolsky won), tying for 6-9th in 1949 (Isaac Lipnitsky won), [ [http://maliszew.chat.ru/1940_e.htm Konstantin Maliszewski Chess Page : Ukrainian Championships : 1940-49 years ] ] taking 5th in 1951 (Bannik won), taking 2nd, behindEfim Geller , in 1958, tying for 4-5th in 1959 (Geller won), [ [http://maliszew.chat.ru/1950_e.htm Konstantin Maliszewski Chess Page : Ukrainian Championships : 1950-59 years ] ] sharing 1st withLeonid Stein but lost to him a match for the title (+1 −3 =2) in 1960, tying for 3rd-4th in 1961 (Yuri Kots won), taking 3rd in 1962 (Stein won), and tying for 2nd-3rd in 1964 (Bannik won). [ [http://maliszew.chat.ru/1960_e.htm Konstantin Maliszewski Chess Page : Ukrainian Championships : 1960-69 years ] ]Sakharov earned the International Master of Correspondence Chess (IMC) title in 1971.He died in 1981 in
Kiev .References
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