Egor Chukaev (Russian: Егор Сергеевич Чукаев; Lithuanian: Jegor Čiukajevas; 6 May 1917 – 1978) was a Lithuanian chess player who won Lithuanian Chess Championship (1971).
Egor Chukaev | |
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Country | Soviet Union |
Born | (1917-05-06)6 May 1917 |
Died | 1978 |
Egor Chukaev emigrated to Lithuania after World War II. He lived in Kaunas.
Egor Chukaev was Master of Sports of the USSR in Chess (1961). He won Lithuanian Chess Championship in 1971[1] and also three times shared 1st—2nd place: in 1953[2] and 1955[3] (with Ratmir Kholmov), and 1973[4] (with Algimantas Butnorius). Also he was silver medalist of the Lithuanian Chess Championship: 1948, 1952, 1956, 1958, and 1974, and bronze medalist in 1954, 1963.
Egor Chukaev with Lithuanian SSR national team was a multiple participant in the USSR Team Chess Championships (1955, 1958) and Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Team Chess Tournaments (1959, 1963, 1975).[5]
His wife, Klavdiya Chukaeva (1925 — ?), was also a chess player who won the Lithuanian Women's Chess Championships four times.
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