| Evgeny Agrest | |
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at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008 |
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| Full name | Evgeny Agrest |
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | August 15, 1966 Vitebsk, Belarus |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| FIDE rating | 2599 (September 2011) |
| Peak rating | 2616 (January 2004) |
Evgeny Agrest (born 15 August 1966, Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian–Swedish chess grandmaster (1997).
He won the Belarus Youth championship three times. In 1994, he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated to Sweden. He was four-time Swedish Champion (1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004), and thrice Nordic Champion (2001 jointly with Artur Kogan,[1] 2003 jointly with Curt Hansen,[2] and 2005[3]). He played for Sweden in Chess Olympiads in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006[4] and 2008.[5]
Agrest is married to Woman International Master (WIM) Svetlana Agrest.