Valery Salov
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| Full name | Валерий Борисович Салов | |
| Country |  Russia |
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| Born | May 26, 1964 Wrocław, Poland |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| Peak rating | 2715 (January 1995) | |
Valery Salov (born May 26, 1964) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Awarded the International Master title in 1984 and the Grandmaster title in 1986 he was World under 16 Champion in 1980 and European Junior Champion in 1983-84. He finished 1st= with Alexander Beliavsky in the 1987 USSR Championship but lost the play-off match (+0, =2, -2) gaining the Silver Medal. At the 1988 USSR Championship he finished 3rd= with Artur Yusupov, behind Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov.
Salov qualified twice for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship. In 1988, he reached round of 16, but was defeated in his first match by Jan Timman (+0, =5, -1).[1]
His best result was in the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996. He qualified for the Candidates, and won his first two matches against Alexander Khalifman and Jan Timman, to reach the final 4. He then lost at the semi-final stage to Gata Kamsky.
After 2002, he ceased to play in chess tournaments.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Valery Salov
- Valery Salov at ChessGames.com
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