Denis Makhnev
Denis Maksimovich Makhnev is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In April 2024, he finished in third place behind winner Vitaliy Bernadskiy and runner-up Mitrabha Guha in the 21st BCC Open after having a better tiebreak score than Srihari L. R., Sayantan Das, and James Morris on tiebreaks.In November 2024, he won the Kazakhstan Chess Cup, finishing ahead of Ramazan Zhalmakhanov and Mikhail Nikitenko.