Valery Sergeevich Popov (born September 10, 1974 , Leningrad ) is a Soviet and Russian chess player , coach.
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| Country |  the USSR  Russia |
| Date of Birth | September 10, 1974 ( 44) |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad |
| Rank | grandmaster ( 1999 ) international master ( 1994 ) |
| Maximum rating | 2595 (September 2009) |
| Actual Rating | 2535 (August 2019 ) |
| Personal card on the FIDE website Personal card on the RCF website Personal card on the Chess DB website | |
Biography
Pupil of the Youth Sports School-2 of the Kalinin District of Leningrad. Since 1994, an international master , in 1999 receives a grandmaster title. He participated in several championships in St. Petersburg , in 2001 and 2006 became the champion of the city. In the final of the Cup of Russia 2001 took second place. Vice-champion of Europe in rapid chess ( Warsaw , 2008) [1] . In international tournaments: Bydgoszcz (2001) - 1st; Festival "White Nights" of St. Petersburg (2001, 2008) - 1st; 42nd International Chess Festival in Biel (2009) - 2nd place. In club competitions, among other things, he played for the teams of the North-West Academy of State Service , “TPS-Saransk” and “Lentransgaz”. As part of the Sollentuna club, SK became the champion of Sweden . Grandmasters coach Alexander Shimanov and Daniil Linchevsky . In December 2018, he won the European Rapid Chess Championship in Skopje, Macedonia. [2]
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Links
- Personal card of Valery Popov on the FIDE website
- Valery Popov 's in the database
- Valery Popov's personal card on 365chess.com