Klementy Sychev is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Klementy Sychev
CountryRussia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)
Born (1996-07-12) July 12, 1996 (age 28)
Moscow, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2019)[1]
FIDE rating2542 (November 2024)
Peak rating2579 (June 2019)

Chess career

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He earned his GM norms at the:[1]

  • European Individual Chess Championship in June 2017
  • 8th Andranik Margaryan Memorial in January 2018
  • 9th Andranik Margaryan Memorial in January 2019

In July 2023, he tied for first place with five other players in the Russian Championships Higher League, but lost the title to Pavel Ponkratov on tiebreaks.[2]

In the fourth round of the Abu Dhabi Masters in August 2024, he defeated the tournament's top seed Aravindh Chithambaram, who was rated 170 points higher.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Pavel Ponkratov Wins Russian Championship Higher League". July 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (August 20, 2024). "30th Abu Dhabi Masters R4: Goutham Krishna outplays Supi in the endgame, joins the lead".