Konstantin Sakaev

Konstantin Sakaev
Country Soviet Union
 Russia
Born (1974-04-13) April 13, 1974 (age 50)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1993)
FIDE rating2551 (November 2024)
Peak rating2677 (January 2005)
Peak rankingNo. 26 (January 2005)

Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev (Russian: Константи́н Ру́фович Сака́ев; born 13 April 1974 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1993), chess author and Russian champion in 1999. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St. Petersburg and has assisted Vladimir Kramnik and Nana Ioseliani in preparing for World Championship Candidates' Matches.[1]

Notable results

Works

  • Sakaev, Konstantin (2004). How to Get the Edge Against the Gruenfeld. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782357.
  • Sakaev, Konstantin; Semkov, Semko (2005). Latest Trends in the Semi-Slav: Anti-Meran. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782425.
  • Sakaev, Konstantin (2006). An Expert's Guide to the 7.Bc4 Gruenfeld. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782487.
  • Sakaev, Konstantin; Semkov, Semko (2008). The Queen's Gambit Accepted (3rd ed.). Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782333.
  • Sakaev, Konstantin (2011). The Petroff: an Expert Repertoire for Black. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-954-8782-84-5.
  • Sakaev, Konstantin (2012). Complete Slav I. Chess Evolution. ISBN 978-83-934656-3-7.
  • Sakaev, Konstantin (2013). Complete Slav II. Chess Evolution. ISBN 978-83-937009-2-9.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Russian Chess Champion
1999 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ a b c GMchess Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Lessons Learned", Chessville, February 2004 [dead link]
  3. ^ 2005 FIDE World Cup Results at Mark Weeks' World Chess Championship Index


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