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GM Yuri Yakovich

Yuri Yakovich

Yakovich, right, with GM Elisabeth Paehtz at the 2022 Chess Olympiad. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Full name

Yuri Yakovich

Born

1/1/1962 (age 62)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Russia

Rating

Bio

GM Yuri Yakovich was the coach of the German women's team at the 2022 Chess Olympiad.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (27 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (26 games)

King's Indian Defense: Averbakh, Modern Defense (23 games)

Slav Defense (22 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation (20 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (51 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (40 games)

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical, Main Line (34 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (23 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Novosibirsk Variation (23 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Yuri Yakovich (2496) Kirill Shubin (2418)	½-½	38	2022
Yuri Yakovich (2526) Michael Wiedenkeller (2445)	1-0	35	2020
Yuri Yakovich (2526) Krishnan Sasikiran (2647)	0-1	76	2020
Yuri Yakovich (2526) Krishnan Sasikiran (2647)	½-½	20	2020
Yuri Yakovich (2518) Andrei Matsenko (2225)	1-0	46	2019
Yuri Yakovich (2518) Jakob Meister (2410)	1-0	43	2019
Yuri Yakovich (2518) Horst Watzka (2187)	1-0	36	2019
Yuri Yakovich (2518) Josef Kainz (1922)	1-0	12	2019
Yuri Yakovich (2518) Petr Spacek (2352)	1-0	60	2019
Yuri Yakovich (2518) Dave J Ledger (2134)	1-0	32	2019

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