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Dmitry Jakovenko – Chess Grandmaster From Russia

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Dmitry Jakovenko is a Russian Chess Grandmaster with an Elo above 2500 in FIDE.

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Full Name: Dmitry Jakovenko

Title: Grandmaster

Born: June 29, 1983

Place of birth: Omsik, Russia

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World ranking: 60

Rapid: 2684

Blitz: 2625

Classical: 2682

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Biography

Dmitry Jakovenko was born in Russia and began playing chess at three. When he was five years old, he was already competing in competitions against adults. He was 14 when he became an International Master in 1997 and 18 when he became a Grandmaster in 2001. Alexander Nikitin, Garry Kasparov’s longtime trainer, began instructing him at an early age. Jakovenko decided to become a professional chess player after finishing his academic studies in 2004 and rapidly found success.

Dmitry is an individual that is highly pleasant and social. For instance, at the 2004 Russian tournament’s Superfinal, Jakovenko, who wasn’t participating, frequently went into the media center, assessed games with joy, and once even assumed the role of a trainer when he assisted Garry Kasparov in showing a lately contested match. He had no reservations about learning from someone else!

In 2005, he broke into the top 100 in the world. He shared for first in the 2006 Russian Tournament, finished 2nd at Pamplona in 2006, clinched first at the 2007 Aeroflot Open & Corus B Group, and tied for 1st at Poikovsky. He crossed the 2700 rating in 2007 and attained his top 2760 in 2009 when he overcame Vladimir Kramnik to become the world’s fifth-ranked and the highest-rated Russian player. Evers since, he has remained one of the world’s best players, ranking among the top 20 while constantly improving his game. He has a solid positional playing style comparable to Anatoly Karpov and claims that the most significant phase of his game is the endgame.

The Beginning

At age three, Jakovenko began playing chess with his father and was instructed by Kasparov Garry’s old trainer, Nikitin Alexander. He clinched the 2001 World Youth Chess Tournaments U18 division as well as the Saint-Vincent Open.

Jakovenko finished 2nd in Corus B Group (2007), Pamplona (2006/2007), and Aeroflot Open (2007). In 2006, Jakovenko shared the 1st position at the Russian Tournaments Superfinal but lost in knockout to Evgeny Alekseev.

Jakovenko emerged victorious at the Anatoly Karpov World Tournament held in Russia in 2007, 2012, and 2018. During the FIDE world rankings in 2009, Jakovenko surpassed Vladimir Kramnik to become the 5th top-rated chess Sportsman globally, but towards that year, Kramnik commanded the position again. Jakovenko participated in the Sparkassen Dortmund Chess congregation that same month, coming 4th on the final set with Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen with a score of 5.5 out of the possible 10.

In 2012, With a score of 8.5, Jakovenko clinched the European Individual Chess Tournament. He triumphed in the Russian Cup playoff championship in 2013-2017. In 2014, during the Russian Tournament Superfinal (67th edition) in Kazan, he finished 2nd to Igor Lysyj.

With a result of 6.5 out of 11, Jakovenko shared the first position with Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana in the later phase of the 2015 FIDE Grand Prix tournament. With 310 points, he clinched the playoff and placed 3rd inclusively in the Grand Prix. During the final of the 2017 FIDE Grand Prix event, Kovalenko achieved 1s position on deciding set with Levon Aronian.

Jakovenko finished first and second in the 2018 Superfinal of the 71st Russian Tournament held at Oblast. He ranked 2nd after losing the quick knockout against Andreikin Dmitry.

Achievements

In 2007, Jakovenko competed for Russia in the European Team Chess Tournament and the seventeenth 2009 European Team Chess Tournament, earning personal and squad gold as a substitute in 2007 and 2009 Squad silver from chess board Three.

In 2012, he was crowned European victor. He represented his country by clinching gold in both the International Team Chess Tournament (2009) and the European Team Chess Tournaments (2007, 2015). Dmitry clinched the Russian Trophy and the Rapid Grand Prix finals in 2013.

In 2014, he shared the first position in the top category of the Russian national competition, and he proceeded to the Superfinal for the second time before winning the Russian Cup in classical chess.

 

Did you enjoy reading about Dmitry Jakovenko? If you did, you might also be interested in reading about players like Rey Enigma, Alexander Morozevich, and Hou Yifan.

Sources

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