Evgeni Vasiukov
Russian chess grandmaster
Died when: 85 years 66 days (1022 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????´?, March 5, 1933 – May 10, 2018) was a Russian chess player, one of the strongest in the world during his peak.
He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1961.During his career, he won the Moscow Championship on six occasions (1955, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1972, and 1978) and scored numerous victories in international tournaments, such as Belgrade Open 1961, Moscow International 1961, East Berlin 1962, Reykjavik 1968, and Manila 1974.
He was rarely at his best in Soviet Championship Finals, which were among the very toughest events in the world, and never made the Soviet team for an Olympiad or a European Team Championship.
Vasiukov won the World Senior Chess Championship in 1995.
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