Dolmatov Sergey Viktorovich (20.02.1959)

dolmatov-ruchessRussian Grandmaster (1982) and FIDE Trainer. World Junior Champion in 1978, vice European Junior Champion in 1979.  A participant at 5 USSR championships with a victory in 1979.

Best results: winner or share first at Amsterdam 1979, Bucharest and Kralove 1981, Frunze 1983, Barcelona 1983 and a fine one in Tallinn in 1985. He also won Sochi and Klapedia in 1988, Moscow, Clermont-Ferrand and Hastings in 1989, Reykjavik in 1990 and Anibal-Linares in 2000. His fifth place in the Manila 1990 Interzonal made him Candidate, but after a close-fought match in Wijk.

His fifth place at the Manila 1990 Interzonal made him a Candidate, but after a close-fought match in Wijk aan Zee 1991, he lost to Yusupov after a tie-break play-off.

Former coach of Kramnik and the Russian national team, he is recently the trainer for various young talents.

Peak rating: 2630 in 1993.