Konstantin Sakaev
Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev is a Russian chess Grandmaster, chess author and Russian [Chess Championship|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 in preparing for World Championship Candidates' Matches.
Notable results
- World [Youth Chess Championship|Under-16 World Champion] 1990
- USSR Youth Champion 1990
- Leningrad Champion 1990
- U18 World Champion 1992
- Russian Champion 1999
- Olympic champion with the Russian team in 1998 and 2000
- 16th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup.