Vladimir Belov | |
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Country | Russia |
Born | Kirzhach, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 6 August 1984
Title | Grandmaster (2003) |
FIDE rating | 2598 (November 2023) |
Peak rating | 2641 (November 2010) |
Peak ranking | No. 93 (October 2005) |
Vladimir Belov (born 6 August 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup 2007 reaching round 2.
Tournament victories include the 2004/05 Hastings International Chess Congress, the North Sea Cup in 2005, [1] the Master Open of the Biel Chess Festival [2] and the Chigorin Memorial in 2008. [3] Belov was champion of Moscow in 2007. [4]
He is also a chess trainer. Among his trainees are Aleksandra Goryachkina [5] and Nazí Paikidze. [6]
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