Andrey Shariyazdanov (; born July 12, 1976) is a Russian

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Grandmaster and European Junior Champion in 1996. He played for Russia B team at the

33rd Chess Olympiad The 33rd Chess Olympiad (, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; Kalmyk language, Kalmyk: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between Se ...

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Chess career

In 1998 he took first place in the 5th World University Chess Championship in

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, helping Russia to win the team gold. In 2003 he tied for 3rd–10th with Vladimir Belov, Alexei Kornev,

Farrukh Amonatov Farrukh Amonatov (; born 13 April 1978 in Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani chess grandmaster. Along with Magaram Magomedov, they are the only Grandmasters of Tajikistan. Amonatov is also the winner of many international tournaments and recently won ...

Alexey Kim Alexey Eduardovich Kim (born April 5, 1986) is a Soviet-born South Korean chess player. He is the only South Korean to hold the FIDE title of Grandmaster. Biography A third-generation ethnic Korean, Kim was born on April 5, 1986, in Tashkent, U ...

Alexander Areshchenko Alexander Areshchenko (; born June 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2002. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2021. Career In 2000, Areshchenko won the Under 14 ...

Mikhail Ulibin Mikhail Vitalyevich Ulibin (; born 31 May 1971) is a Russian chess player, who was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 1991. Chess career He played in the Soviet junior championships of 1984, 1985 (3rd place), 1986, 1987, and 198 ...

and

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in the St.Petersburg 300 Open tournament. In 2004 he tied for 1st–5th with

Christian Bauer Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess grandmaster and author. He is a three-time French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015). In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival. In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs an ...

Boris Avrukh Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (; born 10 February 1978 in Ukraine, Soviet Union) is a chess grandmaster, author, and buinessman. Avrukh has published several books, including ''The Classical Slav''. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990. Books ...

, Alexander Rustemov and

Pavel Eljanov Pavel Eljanov (; born 10 May 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Olympiads. He acted as a second for Boris Gelfand in the World Chess Championship 2007, Candidates ...

in the Masters Section of the

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