Sergey Drygalov

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Sergey Drygalov
Country Russia
Born (1999-05-19) May 19, 1999 (age 25)
Kurgan, Russia
Title Grandmaster (2022) [1]
FIDE   rating 2560 (April 2025)
Peak rating 2560 (April 2025)

Sergey Maksimovich Drygalov is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Chess career

In April 2019, he won the Russian Junior U21 Championship. [2]

In September 2020, he won the open individual section of the All-Russian Student Competition. In the team section, he was representing Ural State Mining University (which was also the winning team) alongside Alexey Sarana, Polina Shuvalova, and Anna Afonasieva. [3]

In September 2023, he won a Titled Tuesday tournament held on Chess.com, where he went undefeated in the tournament. [4]

In January 2025, Drygalov won the Cape Town Chess Masters, finishing on 9/9, two points clear of the runner-up. [5]

Personal life

His twin brother Andrey Drygalov is also a grandmaster.

References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. "Russian Youth Championships Finish in Sochi". April 28, 2019.
  3. "All-Russian Student Competitions Completed in Moscow". September 30, 2020.
  4. Green, Nathaniel (September 27, 2023). "Warning: To Beat Magnus, Tiebreaks May Be Required".
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Cape Town Masters Challenge 2025". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.