Kazbek Akbaev | |
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Country | Russia |
Born | Cherkessk, Soviet Union | June 8, 1981
Title | Grandmaster (2015) |
FIDE rating | 2465 (December 2023) |
Peak rating | 2504 (February 2015) |
Kazbek Akbaev (born June 8, 1981) is a Chess Grandmaster titled in 2015. [1] [2] He was born in Russia. [3]
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