- Valery Salov
Infobox chess player
playername = Valery Salov
caption=
birthname = Валерий Борисович Салов
country = RUS
datebirth = birth date and age|1964|5|26
placebirth =Wrocław ,Poland
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating =
peakrating = 2715 (January 1995)Valery Salov (born
May 26 1964 in Poland) is aRussia nchess grandmaster.Awarded the
International Master title in1984 and the Grandmaster title in1986 he was World under 16 Champion in1980 and European Junior Champion in1983 -84. He finished 1st= withAlexander Beliavsky in the1987 USSR Championship but lost the play-off match (+0, =2, -2) gaining the Silver Medal. At the 1988 USSR Championship he finished 3rd= withArtur Yusupov , behindAnatoly Karpov andGarry Kasparov .Salov qualified twice for the
Candidates Tournament for theWorld Chess Championship . In 1988, he reached round of 16, but was defeated in his first match byJan Timman (+0, =5, -1). [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/8890$cix.htm]His best result was in the
FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 . He qualified for the Candidates, and won his first two matches againstAlexander Khalifman and Jan Timman, to reach the final 4. He then lost at the semi-final stage toGata Kamsky .He has not played any FIDE-rated tournaments since January 2000.
External links
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*chessgames player|id=13983
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