Andrey Drygalov
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Andrey Maksimovich Drygalov is a Russian
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grandmaster.


Chess career

In July 2015, he finished third in the Chelyabinsk Region Blitz Championship. He placed behind winner
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and runner-up
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, and finished alongside Roman Ovechkin. In August 2017, he played for Kurgan in the Russian Youth Team Championship. He helped his team in defeating the Moscow team. In July 2018, he finished third in the Lev Polugaevsky Memorial held in Samara. He finished behind winner Alexey Mokshanov and runner-up Evgeny Shaposhnikov. In April 2019, he finished third in the Russian Junior U21 Championship, behind his brother Sergey and
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. In October 2019, he played for the Regulars team with Maxim Lugovskoy, Oleg Vastrukhin, and Alexander Utnasynov in the Russian Rapid Team Championships. The team finished second behind the Moscow Chess Team.


Personal life

His twin brother Sergey Drygalov is also a grandmaster.


References

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