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.