Sergey Maksimovich Drygalov is a Russian
chess
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grandmaster.
Chess career
In April 2019, he won the Russian Junior U21 Championship.
In September 2020, he won the open individual section of the All-Russian Student Competition. In the team section, he was representing
Ural State Mining University
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(which was also the winning team) alongside
Alexey Sarana
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His father is Ukrainian and ...
,
Polina Shuvalova
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, and
Anna Afonasieva
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Chess career
She qualified for the Women's Chess ...
.
In September 2023, he won a
Titled Tuesday tournament held on
Chess.com
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, where he went undefeated in the tournament.
In January 2025, Drygalov won the Cape Town Chess Masters, finishing on 9/9, two points clear of the runner-up.
Personal life
His twin brother
Andrey Drygalov is also a grandmaster.
References
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Living people
1999 births
Russian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
People from Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
Russian twins
Identical twin males
Ural State University alumni