Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev (Russian: ?????????´? ??´????? ????´??; born 13 April 1974 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1993), chess author and Russian champion in 1999.
Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St.
Petersburg and has assisted Vladimir Kramnik and Nana Ioseliani while preparing for World Championship Candidates' Matches.