Anatoly Lutikov (5 February 1933 – 23 October 1989) was a Russian chess player. He was awarded the

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1974. He won the Moldovan championship six times (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1977). He came third in the

USSR Chess Championship The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1920 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winne ...

1968/69, finished second behind

Boris Spassky Boris Vasilyevich Spassky (; January 30, 1937 – February 27, 2025) was a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigra ...

at Wijk aan Zee 1967, was first at Dubna 1971, tied for first at Leipzig 1973 and came first at Albena 1976.

References

* Sosonko, Genna (2003), ''The Reliable Past'', New in Chess. .

External links

* 1933 births 1989 deaths Chess Grandmasters Soviet chess players {{Russia-chess-bio-stub