Anatoly Ufimtsev (chess player)

This article is about the Kazakhstani chess player. For the Russian engineer, see Anatoly Ufimtsev.

Anatoly Gavrilovich Ufimtsev (May 11, 1914 – July 2, 2000) was a Soviet and Kazakh chess player and economist. The Ufimtsev Defense is named after him.^[1] He holds the record for the most Kazakhstani Chess Championship wins with eleven.

Anatoly Ufimtsev

Personal information
Native name	Анатолій Гаврилович Умфіцев
Born	(1914-05-11)May 11, 1914 Omsk, USSR
Died	July 2, 2000(2000-07-02) (aged 86) Kostanay, Kazakhstan

His father was Gavriil Ufimtsev.

He was awarded the title of Master of Sport from the USSR in 1946. He qualified once for the USSR Championship in 1947.^[1] He eventually shared 13th to 15th place, but achieved victories over Vasily Smyslov and Salo Flohr.

Ufimtsev won the Kazakhstani Chess Championship in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (shared with Kurkleitis), 1955, 1957, and 1970.

On November 10, 2000 a chess club in his honor was opened in Kostany, Kazakhstan. At the entrance of the club there is a plaque depicting Ufimtsev at a chessboard.