Yury Dokhoian
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Yury Dokhoian is a Russia
n Grandmaster of chess
(1988) of Armenian
origin.
He played several times in the first league of the USSR Chess Championship
. In 1986, he tied for second place in the All-Union tournament of young masters. He came 1st in Bucharest 1986, 1st in Plovdiv 1988, tied for 2nd in Budapest 1988, 3rd behind Smbat Lputian
and Lev Psakhis
in Yerevan 1988, 3rd in Sochi 1988, tied for 1st with Friso Nijboer
in Wijk aan Zee 1989 and with Yury Piskov in Copenhagen 1991, 1st in Berlin 1992, 1st in Godesberg 1993, 1st in Lublin 1993, 1st in Bonn 1993, tied for 1st with Tony Miles
in Munster 1993.
According to Chessmetrics
, at his peak in February 1989 Dokhoian's play was equivalent to a rating of 2687, and he was ranked number 33 in the world. His best single performance was at Yerevan
1988, where he scored 9 of 13 possible points (69%) against 2598-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2703.
For many years Dokhoian has been Garry Kasparov
's second. In 2009, he started cooperating with Sergey Karjakin
, being at the same time the coach of the Russian Women's team. He is also the coach of the female world class players, the sisters Tatiana
and Nadezhda Kosintseva
.
In 2007, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n Grandmaster of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
(1988) of Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
origin.
He played several times in the first league of the USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
. In 1986, he tied for second place in the All-Union tournament of young masters. He came 1st in Bucharest 1986, 1st in Plovdiv 1988, tied for 2nd in Budapest 1988, 3rd behind Smbat Lputian
Smbat Lputian
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was first at tournament in Berlin 1982, shared first at Athens 1983 and at Irkutsk 1983, first at Sarajevo 1985 and at Irkutsk 1986, shared first at Hastings 1986-87 and first at Dortmund 1988...
and Lev Psakhis
Lev Psakhis
Lev Borisovich Psakhis is a naturalised Israeli chess grandmaster, trainer and author. Born in Siberia, he is also a two-time former champion of the Soviet Union.-Biography:...
in Yerevan 1988, 3rd in Sochi 1988, tied for 1st with Friso Nijboer
Friso Nijboer
Friso Nijboer is a Dutch chess player. He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996.Nijboer won the Vlissingen Chess Tournament in 2002 and 2005, and won the 3rd Nancy Chess Festival in 2005. He participated in six Chess Olympiad with an overall performance of +18 −14 =21.-Friso Nijboer vs...
in Wijk aan Zee 1989 and with Yury Piskov in Copenhagen 1991, 1st in Berlin 1992, 1st in Godesberg 1993, 1st in Lublin 1993, 1st in Bonn 1993, tied for 1st with Tony Miles
Tony Miles
Anthony John Miles was an English chess Grandmaster.- Early achievements in chess :Miles was born in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham...
in Munster 1993.
According to Chessmetrics
Chessmetrics
Chessmetrics is a system for rating chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. It is intended as an improvement over the Elo rating system.-Implementation:...
, at his peak in February 1989 Dokhoian's play was equivalent to a rating of 2687, and he was ranked number 33 in the world. His best single performance was at Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
1988, where he scored 9 of 13 possible points (69%) against 2598-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2703.
For many years Dokhoian has been Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
's second. In 2009, he started cooperating with Sergey Karjakin
Sergey Karjakin
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was a chess prodigy and holds the record for both the youngest International Master, eleven years and eleven months, and grandmaster in history, at the age of twelve years and seven months...
, being at the same time the coach of the Russian Women's team. He is also the coach of the female world class players, the sisters Tatiana
Tatiana Kosintseva
Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player who has achieved the FIDE title of Grandmaster...
and Nadezhda Kosintseva
Nadezhda Kosintseva
Nadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster....
.
In 2007, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.