Viktor Zheliandinov

Viktor Savelievich Zheliandinov (Ukrainian: Віктор Савелійович Желяндинов, romanized: Viktor Saveliiovych Zheliandynov, 17 March 1935 – 24 July 2021) was a Soviet-Ukrainian chess player, International Master and coach. He was awarded the Master title in 1962. He was a Soviet Army Champion in 1966. Zheliandinov won Belarus championships in 1970.[1] He finished =1st with Vlastimil Hort in Prague in 1966.

Viktor Zheliandinov
Full nameViktor Savelievich Zheliandinov
CountrySoviet Union (until 1991)
Ukraine
Born(1935-03-17)17 March 1935
Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, USSR
Died24 July 2021(2021-07-24) (aged 86)
TitleInternational Master (1999)
Peak rating2425 (January 1978)

There are many international grandmasters and masters among Zheliandinov's apprentices. Among his students were such famous chess players as grandmasters Vassily Ivanchuk, Marta Litinskaya-Shul, Mateusz Bartel and Vitali Golod. Viktor Zheliandinov assisted the rise of former world champion Anatoly Karpov.[2] Zheliandinov died on 24 July 2021 at the age of 86.[3]

References
  1. "Viktor Zheliandinov". ChessGames.com. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. "Lviv – the chess capital of Ukraine". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. Mikhalchishin, Adrian (25 July 2021). "Уходят наши учителя" [Our teachers are leaving]. chess-news.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2021.


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