Sergey Smagin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sergey Smagin

Russian chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1958

Place of Birth: Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sergey Smagin (born in Norilsk, 8 September 1958) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
He played in the Soviet championships of 1985 and 1986, obtaining his best result at Riga 1986, where he place 3rd-6th in a field of twenty.
His tournament successes include the following: 1984 : first at Tashkent 1985 : equal first at Dresden 1986 : first at the 2nd Cappelle-la-Grande Open 1987 : equal first at the Chigorin Memorial of St Petersburg with Evgeny Pigusov and Andrei Kharitonov; first at Trnava; equal first at Zenica; equal first at Sochi 1988 : first at Berlin 1993 : first at the Amantea open (repeated in 1994) 2000 : equal first at Montreal with Eduardas RozentalisSmagin reached his peak Elo rating in April 2001, with 2613 points.
He currently plays in the Russian team championship with the Club MCF Moskva.