Smagin reached his peak Elo rating in April 2001, with 2613 points.
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Boris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player.
Sergey Viktorovich Dolmatov is a Russian Grandmaster of chess and former World Junior Chess Champion.
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Mikhail Gurevich is a Soviet-born Belgian chess player. He was a top ten ranked player from 1989 to 1991. Gurevich became an International Grandmaster in 1986, and is currently an FIDE arbiter and senior trainer.
Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (GM). In 1978 and 1982, he was Ukrainian Champion.
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Sergey Viktorovich Volkov is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was Russian champion in 2000. Volkov competed in the FIDE World Championship in 2000, 2002, and 2004, and in the FIDE World Cup in 2007.
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Artyom Timofeev is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2003. Timofeev was born in Kazan. He, Zahar Efimenko and Andrei Volokitin tied for first place in the Under 14 section of the World Youth Chess Championships in 1999; Timofeev finished second on tiebreak. The next year, he won the Under 18 division of the European Youth Chess Championships.
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster. Nepomniachtchi is the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. He is one of the very few players to have won two consecutive Candidates Tournaments. He is currently Russia's highest ranked active chess player.
Jan Smeets is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion.
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Vereslav (Viacheslav) Eingorn is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach and author. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.
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Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov is a Russian chess grandmaster. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. Dubov won the 2018 World Rapid Chess Championship held in Saint Petersburg.
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