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Malakhov at the opening of last month's Russia-China match | photo: chessdom.com

Vladimir Malakhov: chess player, nuclear physicist

By mishanp on September 5, 2010

There’s an urban myth that Vladimir Malakhov, rated 2725, a World Cup semifinalist and on the Russian 1st team for the Olympiad, is an amateur chess player. He sets the record straight in an interview with Wojciech Gryciuk for the Polish Chess Federation website, while also making some startling revelations about top-level chess.

Posted in Polish | Tagged Adams, Arkhipov, Bartel, Dreev, Dvoretsky, endgames, Malakhov, Mamedov, openings, PCF | 6 Responses

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