Evgeny Agrest
| Evgeny Agrest | |
|---|---|
 at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008 | |
| Full name | Evgeny Agrest |
| Country |
 Sweden |
| Born |
August 15, 1966 Vitebsk, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| FIDE rating | 2596 (May 2015) |
| 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.
Books
- Delchev, Aleksander; Agrest, Evgenij (2011). The Safest Grünfeld. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-954-8782-81-4.
References
- ↑ Nordic Championships 2001
- ↑ Nordisk Mesterskab 2003
- ↑ Nordic Championship 2005
- ↑ Agrest, Evgenij team chess record at olimpbase.org
- ↑ Swedish team in 2008
External links
- Evgeny Agrest player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Rating data