Oleg Anatolyevich Korneev (; born 25 July 1969) is a Russian chess grandmaster who now represents Spain. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1995.

Chess career

Korneev was not a child prodigy, he finished in the lower half of the 1987 Moscow Central Chess Club Championship at the age of 18, and his first published FIDE rating in January 1988 was 2280. In 2004, Korneev tied for 1st–6th with

Evgeniy Najer Evgeniy Yuryevich Najer (; born 22 June 1977) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the European champion of 2015. He is also one of the coaches of the Russian women's national team. Career He won the Moscow City Chess Championship in 1998 and 2 ...

, Artyom Timofeev,

Kaido Külaots Kaido Külaots (born 28 February 1976) is an Estonian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. Biography He has won the Estonian Chess Championship in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2020 and 2023. Kül ...

Sergey Grigoriants Sergey Mikhailovich Grigoriants (; born 2 November 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster who represents Hungary. Chess career Grigoriants won the U14 section of the World Youth Championships in 1997 and the U16 section of the European You ...

and Zoltan Gyimesi in the

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. In 2013 he tied for 1st–11th with

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 ...

, Dmitry Kokarev,

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 ...

Denis Khismatullin Denis Rimovich Khismatullin (, born 28 December 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from Bashkiria. Khismatullin competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013 and 2015. Chess career Born in Neftekamsk, Khismatullin li ...

Maxim Matlakov Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov (; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2017. He acted as a second for Peter Svidler in the Candidates Tournaments of 2013, 2014 and 2016. Together ...

, Dragan Šolak,

Vadim Zvjaginsev Vadim Zvjaginsev (; born 18 August 1976 in Moscow) is a Russian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1994. He played for the gold medal-winning Russian team in the 1997 World Team Chess Championship and in the 1998 Ch ...

Sanan Sjugirov Sanan Sjugirov (; born 31 January 1993) is a Russian chess grandmaster of Kalmyk origin who represents Hungary. He was European champion and world champion in his age category. Sjugirov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015. Chess c ...

Ivan Bukavshin Ivan Alexandrovich Bukavshin (; 3 May 1995 – 12 January 2016) was a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2011. Bukavshin was three-time European champion in his age category. Chess career Bukavshin won three ...

and

Ildar Khairullin Ildar Khairullin (born 22 August 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He learned to play chess when 6 years old. His first coach was Valeriy Pugachevsky. At eight years old, he became a Candidate Master and at 14 an International Master. After s ...

in the Chigorin Memorial in St Petersburg.

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