Valery Salov

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Valery Salov (born May 26 1964) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Awarded the International Master title in 1984 and the Grandmaster title in 1986 he was World under 16 Champion in 1980 and European Junior Champion in 1983-84. He finished 1st= with Alexander Beliavsky in the 1987 USSR Championship but lost the play-off match (+0, =2, -2) gaining the Silver Medal. He became a Candidate for the World Championship in 1988 but lost to Jan Timman (+0, =5, -1). At the 1988 USSR Championship he finished 3rd= with Artur Yusupov, behind Anatoli Karpov and Garry Kasparov. After 2002, he ceased to play in chess tournaments.

External links

FIDE rating card for [Valery Salov]
[Valery Salov] at ChessGames.com

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