Alexander Panchenko
Alexander Nikolayevich Panchenko (Russian: Александр Николаевич Панченко; 5 October 1953[1] in Chelyabinsk – 19 May 2009 in Kazan) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and honored coach who headed the All-Russian chess school. Chessmetrics.com, which provides retroactive guesstimates on the ratings of older players, places his highest ranking as 45th in the world in 1981. He should not be confused with a younger and somewhat weaker player of the same name. Panchenko's middle initial is "n", while his namesake has a middle initial of "G".
External links
- Alexander Panchenko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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