Sergei Yudin (chess player)

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Sergei Yudin
Country Russia
Born (1986-06-10) June 10, 1986 (age 38)
Novosibirsk, Russia
Title Grandmaster (2009) [1]
FIDE   rating 2458 (January 2025)
Peak rating 2599 (July 2009)

Sergei Andreevich Yudin is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In December 2010, he tied for 1st–4th with Semen Dvoirys, Pavel Smirnov and Sergei Iskusnyh at the Pavlodar Open. [2]

In June 2014, he defeated several stronger grandmasters at the World Blitz Championship: Teimour Radjabov, Peter Svidler, and Hikaru Nakamura, ultimately finishing in 12th place despite being seeded only in 86th. [3]

In March 2018, he won the Cup of Governor of Irkutsk Oblast with a score of 9/11, half a point ahead of runners-up Pavel Ponkratov and Igor Lysyj. [4]

In January 2020, he finished as the second runner-up in the Chennai GM Open, behind winner Pavel Ponkratov and first runner-up José Martínez Alcántara. [5]

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References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)".
  2. "Pavlodar-open 2010". FIDE. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  3. Doggers, Peter (June 22, 2014). "Carlsen Triple World Champion, Nepomniachtchi & Nakamura Shared Second in World Blitz".
  4. "Sergei Yudin Wins Cup of Governor of Irkutsk Oblast". March 7, 2018.
  5. Ahmed, Shahid (January 27, 2020). "Pavel Ponkratov wins 12th Chennai GM Open 2020".