Oleg Dementiev

Oleg Dementiev (Russian: Олег Иванович Дементьев; 30 April 1938, Sverdlovsk - 15 November 1991, Kaliningrad) was a Russian chess master who won the Russian Chess Championship in 1971.

Oleg Dementiev
Country Soviet Union
Born(1938-04-30)30 April 1938
Sverdlovsk
Died(1991-11-15)15 November 1991
Kaliningrad

Biography

In 1965 became in a Soviet chess master. He successfully participated in the Russian Chess Championships. In 1970 in Kuibyshev he shared 3rd and 4th place (won by Anatoly Karpov),[1] but in 1971 in Penza he shared 1st place with Valery Zilberstein.[2] In 1970 he participated in the USSR Chess Championship final in Riga and shared 10th and 11th place.[3] In 1974 he won the Burevestnik Soviet sports society chess championship.[4] Starting in the mid-1970s he worked as a coach in Kaliningrad and there contributed to the development of chess.[5]

References
  1. Championship of Russia - Kuibyshev 7.05-2.06.1970
  2. Championship of Russia - Penza 15.6-13.7.1971
  3. 38 Championship of USSR Riga November 1970
  4. Championship of "Burevestnik" - Svetlogorsk 1974
  5. Возрождение древней игры Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  • Oleg Dementiev player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  • Oleg Dementiev player profile at 365chess.com
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