Vladimir Potkin (; born 28 June 1982) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2001) and a former European champion. He is also

Ian Nepomniachtchi Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi ( rus, Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, r=Yan Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchiy, p=ˈjan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈpomnʲɪɕːɪj, a=Ru-Ian Alexandrovich Nepomnyashchij.ogg; born 14 J ...

's trainer and one of the coaches of the Russian national team.

Career

Potkin tied for second with Dimitrios Mastrovasilis at the 2000 European Under-18 championship and took the bronze medal on tiebreak. In 2007 he tied for 1st–9th with Alexei Fedorov, Andrei Deviatkin,

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, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Alexander Evdokimov, Denis Khismatullin,

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and Sergei Azarov in the Aratovsky Memorial in

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. In 2009 Poktin finished second in the category 14 Premier group of the 44th Capablanca Memorial in

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with a score of 8½/11, edging out on tiebreak Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Judit Polgar and Alexander Moiseenko. Later that year he competed in the Chess World Cup 2011, where he reached the fourth round and was eliminated by eventual runner-up

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. Potkin tied for first with

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, Dmitry Jakovenko and Evgeny Alekseev at the 2012 Russian Championship Superfinal in

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, after all players finished on 5/9 points. In the six-player rapid playoff he finished fifth. In 2015, Potkin took part in the

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Challengers tournament in

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, where he finished seventh with 7/13.Standings of Tata Steel Challengers 2015
Tata Steel Chess

References

External links

Vladimir Potkin
chess games at 365Chess.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potkin, Vladimir 1982 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Russian chess players European Chess Champions National team coaches Place of birth missing (living people) Chess coaches Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Department of Chess alumni