Leonid Yurtaev (03.04.1959-02.06.2011)

yurtaev-leonidKyrgyz chess Grandmaster (1996) is born in Frunze, Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic.
He became the first Kyrgyz player to receive the Grandmaster title.

Best results: Armed Forces championship in Sverdlovsk 1987, 1st-2nd; 1st Georgy Agzamov Memorial 2007 in Tashkent, 1st;

He became the first Kyrgyz player to receive the Grandmaster title. He represented Kyrgyzstan at seven Olympiads in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2008.

Peak rating: 2552 in July 2000