Kharitonov Andrei Vladimirovich (04.04.1959-13.01.2012)

Russian Grandmaster (1993) and Moscow Champion 2002.

Best results: winner at Sochi 1987, Bayamo 1989, Moscow Open 1995 and Ostrava Open 2002. Also Soviet U26 championship 1983, 2-5^th; Chigorin Memorial 1979, 3-4^th and Pinsk 1993, 2-3^th.

Kharitonov was a second of Anatoly Karpov during his 1990 World Championship Match against Garry Kasparov.

Peak rating: 2585 in 1998.