Andrey Leonidovich Kochemasov (; born 03 October 1950) is a Russian

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player who received the title of

ICCF title International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (I ...

Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...

in 2019. He is a

World Correspondence Chess Championship The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest the title. The official World Correspondence Chess Championship is managed by the International Corr ...

winner (2017–2019).

Biography

Andrey Kochemasov graduated to

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

Medical Institute at the medical faculty. He worked as a surgeon and therapist. Andrey Kochemasov spent twenty years in Eastern Siberia, combining medical activities with commercial hunting. From 1974 to following years, he participated in

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less commo ...

tournaments. In 1998, Andrey Kochemasov returned to his native village, Gagino, and devotes all his free time to correspondence chess tournaments. In 2009, he was awarded the

ICCF ICCF may refer to: * International Conference on Cold Fusion * International Conservation Caucus Foundation * International Correspondence Chess Federation International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a ...

International Correspondence Chess Master (IM) and International Correspondence Chess Master (SIM) titles. In 2019, Andrey Kochemasov won the 28th

(2017–2019). In 2019, he was awarded the ICCF International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GM) title.

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* * * 1950 births Living people Russian chess players Soviet chess players Correspondence chess grandmasters World Correspondence Chess Champions People from Sergachsky Uyezd {{Russia-chess-bio-stub