Georgy Agzamov

Georgy Agzamov
Full nameGeorgy Tadzhikhanovich Agzamov
Country Soviet Union
Born(1954-09-06)September 6, 1954
Olmaliq, Tashkent Region, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
DiedAugust 27, 1986(1986-08-27) (aged 31)
Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1984)
Peak rating2590 (January 1985)

Georgy Tadzhikhanovich Agzamov (September 6, 1954, Tashkent – August 27, 1986, Sevastopol) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster, the first from Central Asia.[1] He became an International Master in 1982 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984.[2]

  1. ^ Begmatov, Jamshid (April 9, 2012). "VI Georgy Agzamov Memorial – Tashkent Open 2012". ChessBase. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 4. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.