Gennadij Sagalchik

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Gennadij Sagalchik
CountryUnited States
Born (1969-04-22) April 22, 1969 (age 55)
Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (1994)
FIDE   rating 2434 (October 2024)
Peak rating 2550 (January 1997)

Gennadij Germanovich Sagalchik is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster and coach.

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Chess career

Sagalchik is a former Belarus Junior Champion, and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1994. [1] In 2008, he tied for second place with Sergei Tiviakov at the IV Torneo Internacional Abierto de Ajedrez in Alajuela, Costa Rica. [2]

Sagalchik has been a chess coach in Long Island since the 2010s. In 2015, four of his students played in the World Youth Chess Championship. [3]

Personal life

Sagalchik lives in Brooklyn with his wife Olga, who is a Woman FIDE Master. They have two daughters and a son. [4]

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References

  1. "Gennadij Sagalchik".
  2. "IV Torneo Internacional Abierto de Ajedrez "Alajuela 2008"". July 14, 2008.
  3. "Private Lessons".
  4. "Woman FIDE Master Olga Sagalchik".