Andrey Rychagov

Andrey Rychagov
Rychagov in 2015
Personal information
Born (1979-08-03) August 3, 1979
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Chess career
CountryRussia
TitleGrandmaster (2006)[1]
FIDE rating2546 (December 2025)
Peak rating2586 (January 2007)

Andrey Valerievich Rychagov is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2006, after achieving his norms at the:[1]

  • E. Afromeeva Memorial in July 2004
  • Russian Club Championship in April 2005
  • Russian Men Team Championship in April 2006

In 2009, he tied for 1st–5th with Sergey Volkov, Hrant Melkumyan, Andrei Deviatkin, and Zhou Weiqi in the Chigorin Memorial.[2]

In June 2015, he tied for second place with Aleksey Goganov, Zaven Andriasian, Evgeny Vorobiov, and Vladimir Ponfilenok in the Rashid Nezhmetdinov Memorial.[3]

In September 2017, he won the Moscow Blitz Championship, defeating Alexey Korotylev in a tiebreak match.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)".
  2. ^ "M.Chigorin Memorial 2009". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Denis Khismatullin Wins Rashid Nezhmetdinov Memorial". June 9, 2015.
  4. ^ "Andrey Rychagov Wins Moscow Blitz Championship". September 4, 2017.