Valeri Petrovich Yandemirov (; 11 February 1963 – 16 November 2017) was a Russian

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player.

Biography

Born in

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

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, Yandemirov was awarded the titles of

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, in 1993, and Grandmaster, in 1997, by

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. In the European Club Cup, he won three team medals: a silver, in 2006, and a bronze, in 2004, playing for team Ladya of Kazan, and a bronze in 1995 playing for Poliot of

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population ...

. He died in his home on 16 November 2017."In Memoriam: GM Valeri Yandemirov"
Chessdom. 16 November 2017.

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Valeri Yandemirov
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