Vladislav Vladimirovich Vorotnikov ( born on August 17, 1947, in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

) is a Soviet and Russian chess player ( grandmaster in 2005). As part of the Leningrad team, he participated in 3 USSR championships between the teams of the union republics (1975, 1979 and 1981) in which he won a bronze medal in the team (1975) and a silver medal in the individual standings (1979, played on the reserve board). He was a participant of several championships in

(in 1979) and

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(in 1996 - shared 1st place with

Alexander Lastin Alexander Lastin (; 30 November 1976 – 23 January 2015) was a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Lastin was born in Arkhangelsk and at three years old he moved to Zheleznovodsk. In 2001 he tied for ...

and

Yuri Balashov Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov (; born 12 March 1949) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1973. Chess career Born in Shadrinsk, Balashov was awarded the grandmaster title in 1973. Balashov was champion of ...

); international tournaments in

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and

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(in 1979 - 1st); Leipzig (in 1982) and Kislovodsk (1st place). He was the quarterfinalist of the European Chess Clubs Cup (1991/1992) as part of

Tigran Petrosian Tigran Vardani Petrosian (; ; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and the ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable defensive playing s ...

's club.

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* 1947 births Living people Russian chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess players from Saint Petersburg {{Russia-chess-bio-stub