Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev (also Razuvayev; 10 October 1945 – 21 March 2012) was a Russian

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player and trainer.

Chess career

Razuvaev became an

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in 1973, a Grandmaster in 1976 and an Honoured Coach of Russia in 1977. Razuvaev's tournament wins included

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1978,

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1979,

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1983,

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1985,

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1987,

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1988,

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1988,

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1990,

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1992,

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1994,

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1996 and San Sebastian 1996. At the second USSR vs Rest of the World match in 1984, he substituted for

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, who was absent because of illness. Razuvaev limited his opponent, the much higher rated

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, to four straight draws. Razuvaev was a respected trainer, becoming a second to

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from 1971 until 1978, stepping down before the World Championship match against

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. They had first met at the Botvinnik School's first sessions in 1963 He coached

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, who won the

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in 2008, along with

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along with the Italian national team. In 2005 he was awarded the title of

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Senior Trainer.Arbiters / Trainers
. Fide.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.

Chess strength

At his peak, in the July 1991

list, he had an

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of 2590.

Notable games

Yuri Razuvaev vs Lev Gutman, URS-ch otbor 1976, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange, Classical Variation (D86), 1-0Yuri Razuvaev vs Zvonimir Mestrovic, Keszthely 1981, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (D25), 1-0Yuri Razuvaev vs Efim Geller, USSR 1988, Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04), 1-0Fernando Prada-Rubin vs Yuri Razuvaev, Las Palmas op 1996, Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B31), 0-1

Publications

* ''Devoted to chess. The creative heritage of Yuri Razuvaev''. Compiled by Boris Postovsky. New in Chess, 2019.

References

External links

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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Yury Razuvaev
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