Yuri Rafailovich Yakovich (russian: Юрий Рафаилович Якович; born November 30, 1962) is a Russian
chess
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player. He was awarded the title of
Grandmaster by
FIDE in 1990. He was a member of the silver medal-winning Russian team at the 1997
European Team Chess Championship
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. In 2019, Yakovich was part of the Russian team that won the gold medal at the European Senior Team Championship in the 50+ category.
In 2003 he tied for 1st–3rd with
Evgenij Miroshnichenko and
Alexander Potapov in the Fakel Jamala tournament in
Noyabrsk
Noyabrsk ( rus, Ноя́брьск, p=nɐˈjabrʲsk; Tundra Nenets: Нюдя Пэвдей мар, romanized: ''Njudja Pəvdej mar''; Forest Nenets: Нюча пэ”дя”й марˮ, romanized: ''Njuča pəꜧdjaꜧj marꜧ'') is the second larg ...
. In 2007, he tied for 1st–6th with
Vitali Golod,
Mateusz Bartel,
Mikhail Kobalia,
Michael Roiz and
Zahar Efimenko
Zahar Oleksandrovych Efimenko (; born 3 July 1985) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2010 Chess Olympiad. Efimenko competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009 and 2011.
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International tournament.
Yakovich is the author of the books ''Play the 4 f3 Nimzo-Indian'', published by
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in 2004, and ''Sicilian Attacks'', published by
New In Chess in 2010.
In 2021, the
German Chess Federation named Yakovich the coach of their women's national team. He coached the team during the
44th Chess Olympiad in
Chennai
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,
India
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.
Notable games
Yuri Yakovich vs Vladimir Kramnik, USSR 1988, Sicilian Defense: Four Knights. Exchange Variation (B40), 1-0Yuri Yakovich vs David Bronstein, It (open) 1994, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26), 1-0Yuri Yakovich vs Magnus Carlsen, Bergen 2002, Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation (E12), 1-0
References
External links
Yuri Yakovich
games at 365Chess.com
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1962 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Soviet chess players
Russian chess players
Russian chess writers
Sportspeople from Samara, Russia
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