Andrey Kochemasov

Andrey Leonidovich Kochemasov (Russian: Андрей Леонидович Кочемасов; born 03 October 1950) is a Russian chess player who received the title of ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster in 2019. He is a World Correspondence Chess Championship winner (2017–2019).

Andrey Kochemasov
Full name	Andrey Leonidovich Kochemasov
Country	Russia
Born	(1950-10-03) 3 October 1950 (age 74) Gagino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (2019)
ICCF World Champion	2017–2019
ICCF rating	2555 (October 2021)

Biography

Andrey Kochemasov graduated to Nizhny Novgorod Medical Institute at the medical faculty. He worked as a surgeon and therapist. Andrey Kochemasov spent twenty years in Eastern Siberia, combining medical activities with commercial hunting.

From 1974 to following years, he participated in correspondence chess tournaments. In 1998, Andrey Kochemasov returned to his native village, Gagino, and devotes all his free time to correspondence chess tournaments.^[1] In 2009, he was awarded the ICCF International Correspondence Chess Master (IM) and International Correspondence Chess Master (SIM) titles. In 2019, Andrey Kochemasov won the 28th World Correspondence Chess Championship (2017–2019).^[2] In 2019, he was awarded the ICCF International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GM) title.^[3]