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Evgeny Agrest

1966 - Today

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Evgeny Agrest (born 15 August 1966 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Soviet-born Swedish chess grandmaster (1997). In 1994, he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated to Sweden. He is four-time Swedish champion (1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004), and thrice Nordic champion (2001 jointly with Artur Kogan, 2003 jointly with Curt Hansen, and 2005). In 2010 Agrest tied for 1st–6th in the European Union Championship, taking third place on tiebreak. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Evgeny Agrest is the 287th most popular chess player (down from 274th in 2024), the 228th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 224th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belarusian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Evgeny Agrest ranks 288 out of 461. Before him are Nino Khurtsidze, Lembit Oll, Victor Bologan, Vugar Gashimov, Artashes Minasian, Gregory Kaidanov, and Alexander Graf. After him are Mariya Muzychuk, Elena Sedina, Salomėja Zaksaitė, Yoshiharu Habu, and Eduardas Rozentalis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Evgeny Agrest ranks 680. Before him are Trude Dybendahl, Diana Paliiska, Hiroki Azuma, Gao Hongbo, Mark Z. Danielewski, and Anne Ottenbrite. After him are Nina, Darryl Middleton, Daniela Neunast, Andrei Olhovskiy, Brett J. Gladman, and Nicholas Rowe.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Evgeny Agrest ranks 228 out of 368. Before him are Valery Tsepkalo (1965), Andrzej Poczobut (1973), Siarhei Rutenka (1981), Zinaida Stahurskaya (1971), Valery Levaneuski (1963), and Olga Govortsova (1988). After him are Vitali Kutuzov (1980), Angelica Agurbash (1970), Anna Smashnova (1976), Marina Lobatch (1970), Natalia Mishkutionok (1970), and Aleksandr Kuschynski (1979).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Belarus

Among chess players born in Belarus, Evgeny Agrest ranks 5. Before him are Dawid Janowski (1868), Lev Polugaevsky (1934), Boris Gelfand (1968), and Viktor Kupreichik (1949). After him are Ilya Smirin (1968), Aleksej Aleksandrov (1973), Alexei Fedorov (1972), Yury Shulman (1975), Sergei Zhigalko (1989), Sergei Azarov (1983), and Vladislav Kovalev (1994).

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