Daniil Yuffa
| Daniil Yuffa | |
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 Daniil Yuffa, 2016 | |
| Full name | Daniil Aleksandrovich Yuffa |
| Country | Russia |
| Born | 25 February 1997 (age 27) Tyumen, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2608 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2595 (April 2019) |
| Ranking | 260 |
Daniil Aleksandrovich Yuffa (Russian: Даниил Александрович Юффа; born 25 February 1997) is a Russian chess grandmaster (since 2016).[1][2]
Chess career
Born in 1997, Yuffa earned his grandmaster title in 2016.[3]
In September 2017, Yuffa appeared on the Russia-1 talent show "Amazing People", playing three blindfold simultaneous games while performing classical music pieces on the piano.[4]
In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished forty-first out of ninety-two,[5] scoring 4½/9 (+2–2=5).[6] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed thirteenth,[7] scoring 7½/11 (+5–1=5).[8]
In 2019, at the Chess World Cup 2019, as the 106th seed, he upset 23rd seed David Navara in the first round and then beat 42nd seed Luke McShane in the 2nd round before losing to 10th seed Teimour Radjabov in the 3rd round.
References
- ^ Méndez, Aleixandre. "El gran maestro ruso Daniil Yuffa se lleva el Ciudad de Pontevedra" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Yuffa, Daniil FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ 87th FIDE Congress 2016, Baku, Azerbaijan FIDE
- ^ WeiT Media (2017-09-24), «Удивительные люди». Даниил Юффа. Шахматист, retrieved 2018-06-09
- ^ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Yuffa Daniil". Chess Results.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Yuffa Daniil". Chess Results.
External links
- Daniil Yuffa player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Daniil Yuffa rating card at FIDE
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