Evgeny Agrest
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| Evgeny Agrest | |
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 at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008 |
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| Full name | Evgeny Agrest |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Born | August 15, 1966 Vitebsk, Belarus |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| FIDE rating | 2599 (March 2012) |
| Peak rating | 2616 (January 2004) |
Evgeny Agrest (born 15 August 1966, Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian–Swedish chess grandmaster (1997).
He won the Belarus Youth championship three times. In 1994, he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated to Sweden. He was four-time Swedish Champion (1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004), and thrice Nordic Champion (2001 jointly with Artur Kogan,[1] 2003 jointly with Curt Hansen,[2] and 2005[3]). He played for Sweden in Chess Olympiads in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006[4] and 2008.[5]
Agrest is married to Woman International Master (WIM) Svetlana Agrest.
[edit] Books
- Delchev, Aleksander; Agrest, Evgenij (2011). The Safest Grünfeld. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-954-8782-81-4.
[edit] References
- ^ Nordic Championships 2001
- ^ Nordisk Mesterskab 2003
- ^ Nordic Championship 2005
- ^ Agrest, Evgenij team chess record at olimpbase.org
- ^ Swedish team in 2008
[edit] External links
- Evgeny Agrest player profile at ChessGames.com
- Rating data
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