| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 10, 1986 Novosibirsk, Russia |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) [1] |
| FIDE rating | 2458 (October 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2599 (July 2009) |
Sergei Andreevich Yudin is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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]