Gennadij Sagalchik Explained

Gennadij Sagalchik
Country:United States
Birth Date:22 April 1969
Birth Place:Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Grandmaster (1994)
Peakrating:2550 (January 1997)
Fideid:2007916

Gennadij Germanovich Sagalchik is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster and coach.

Chess career

Sagalchik is a former Belarus Junior Champion, and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1994.[1] In 2008, he tied for second place with Sergei Tiviakov at the IV Torneo Internacional Abierto de Ajedrez in Alajuela, Costa Rica.[2]

Sagalchik has been a chess coach in Long Island since the 2010s. In 2015, four of his students played in the World Youth Chess Championship.[3]

Personal life

Sagalchik lives in Brooklyn with his wife Olga, who is a Woman FIDE Master. They have two daughters and a son.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gennadij Sagalchik.
  2. Web site: IV Torneo Internacional Abierto de Ajedrez "Alajuela 2008". July 14, 2008.
  3. Web site: Private Lessons.
  4. Web site: Woman FIDE Master Olga Sagalchik.