What is Evgeny Sveshnikov?
{{Infobox chess player |image = Sveshnikov Torino 2006.JPG |name = Evgeny Sveshnikov |caption = Sveshnikov at the Turin Olympiad in 2006 |birthname = Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov |country = Soviet Union → Russia<br>[[Latvia]] (2002–2015) |birth_date = {{Birth date |1950|2|11|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Cheliabinsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|08|18|1950|2|1|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1977) |worldchampion = |peakrating = 2610 (January 1994) |FideID = 4100638 }}'''Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov''' ({{lang-rus|Евгений Эллинович Све́шников}}; {{lang-lv|Jevgēņijs Svešņikovs}}; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian [[chess]] player and writer. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 1977.<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4100638 Sveshnikov, Evgeny], ratings.fide.com</ref> He was born in [[Cheliabinsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]. Sveshnikov played in his first [[USSR Chess Championship]] when he was 17 years old. Sveshnikov died on 18 August 2021 of problems caused by [[COVID-19]] in [[Moscow]] at the age of 71.<ref>[https://ruchess.ru/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_evgeniy_ellinovich_sveshnikov_1950_2021/ Ушел из жизни Евгений Эллинович Свешников (1950-2021)] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sveshnikov, Evgeny}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow]] [[Category:Russian chess players]] [[Category:Russian writers]] [[Category:Soviet chess players]] {{bio-stub}}