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Albert Zinovievich Kapengut (born 4 July 1944, in Kazan, Tatarstan)[1] is a Soviet chess master (since 1962). A holder of the International Master title, he is best known as a respected teacher, theoretician, writer, and member of the successful student Olympiad teams of the 1960s.

Albert Kapengut
Full name	Albert Zinovievich Kapengut
Country	United States
Born	(1944-07-04) 4 July 1944 (age 77) Kazan, Tatarstan, USSR
Title	International Master (1991)
FIDE rating	2385

When living in Belarus, Kapengut won championship of Minsk (1961)[2] and several Belarus championships: 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970 (joint), 1976, 1977, and 1978. He finished 10th in his first Soviet Championship in 1971, ahead of many high-calibre masters such as Anatoly Lein, Efim Geller, Rafael Vaganian, and Vladimir Tukmakov.

He was the coach of GM Mikhail Tal, GM Boris Gelfand, and GM Yury Shulman among others.[3] After 2000 Kapengut has been a permanent resident of the USA, and since 28 April 2008 he plays for the US Chess Federation.[4]

Notes and references

External links

• Albert Z Kapengut rating card at FIDE
• Albert Z Kapengut player profile and games at Chessgames.com

На других языках

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- [en] Albert Kapengut

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[ru] Капенгут, Альберт Зиновьевич

Альберт Зиновьевич Капенгут (4 июля 1944, Казань) — американский, ранее белорусский, советский шахматист, международный мастер (1991). Заслуженный тренер БССР (1988).

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