Dmitry Jakovenko
| Dmitry Jakovenko | |
|---|---|
 Jakovenko in Dortmund, 2009 | |
| Full name | Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko |
| Country |
 Russia |
| Born |
29 June 1983 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2704 (December 2016) |
| Peak rating | 2760 (January 2009) |
| Peak ranking | No. 5 (July 2009) |
Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko (Russian: Дмитрий Олегович Яковенко; born 29 June 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship and at the European Team Chess Championships of 2007 and 2015.
Chess career
He learned chess from his father at age 3, and was later coached by former Garry Kasparov's trainer Alexander Nikitin. In 2001 he won the World Under-18 Championship and the Saint-Vincent Open.[1][2]
He tied for first place in the Russian Championship Superfinal 2006, but lost the playoff against Evgeny Alekseev,[3] got second place at Pamplona 2006/2007, Corus B Group 2007, and Aeroflot Open 2007. He finished first in the Karpov Poikovsky Tournament in 2007 and 2012.[4]
In the July 2009 FIDE World Rankings Jakovenko became the fifth highest rated chess player in the world and overtook Vladimir Kramnik as the number one Russian (Kramnik regained the position in September that year).[5] In the same month Jakovenko competed at Dortmund, finishing fourth on tiebreak with Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen with 5.5/10, half a point behind Kramnik.[6]
Jakovenko won the 2012 European Individual Chess Championship in Plovdiv with a score of 8½/11 points. He won the Russian Cup knockout tournament in 2013 and 2014 by beating in the final Vladimir Fedoseev and Maxim Matlakov respectively.[7][8] In December 2014, Jakovenko took second place behind Igor Lysyj in the Superfinal of the 67th Russian championship in Kazan.[9]
Jakovenko shared first place with Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana in the last leg (Khanty Mansyisk) of the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15. He placed third in the Grand Prix overall standings with 310 points.[10]
Notable chess games
- Evgeny Najer vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Russian Championship Superfinal 2006, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation, English Hybrid (E20), 0-1
- Dmitry Jakovenko vs Emil Sutovsky, 8th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament 2007, Spanish Game: Open Variations, Main Lines (C80), 1-0
- Vugar Gashimov vs Dmitry Jakovenko, Elista Grand Prix 2008, Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Main lines (B18), ½-½
References
- ↑ "The Week in Chess 365". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "The Week in Chess 327". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "Evgeny Alekseev, 21, wins Russian Superfinal". ChessBase. 2006-12-16. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Silver, Albert (2014-05-13). "XV Karpov-Poikovsky starts with firebrand lineup". ChessBase. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ratings July 2009 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "Dortmund 10: Kramnik wins Dortmund for the ninth time". ChessBase. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ SIlver, Albert (2013-12-20). "Russian Cup gold for Jakovenko and Bodnaruk". ChessBase. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ "Jakovenko Wins Russian Cup Again". chess-news.ru. 2014-11-25. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ "Russian Super Finals - Lysyj and Gunina become 2014 Russian Champions". FIDE. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ Standings FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk 2015
External links
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- Dmitry Jakovenko chess games at 365Chess.com
- Dmitry Jakovenko player profile and games at Chessgames.com