Dmitry Jakovenko
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| Dmitry Jakovenko | ||
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| Full name | Дмитрий Яковенко | |
| Country |  Russia |
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| Born | June 28, 1983 Omsk, Russia |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2711 (No. 19 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2735 (July 2007) | |
Dmitry Jakovenko (born 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Jakovenko has a rating of 2735, making him the number 10 player in the world.
He learned chess from his father at age 3,and was later coached by former Kasparov trainer Alexander Nikitin. In 2001 he won he U18 World Championship and the Saint-Vincent Open,in 2004 he decided to become a professional chess player (he was a student with outstanding marks in math and science). Recently has achieved a lot of successes,like shared first in the Russian Championship 2006 (he lost the playoff against Evgeny Alekseev), second place at Pamplona 2006/2007,Corus B Group 2007, Aeroflot Open and first place at Poikovsky.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Dmitry Jakovenko
- Dmitry Jakovenko at ChessGames.com
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
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