Valery Chekhov

Valery Alexandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Валерий Чехов; born 27 November 1955) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion (1975). In the mid-1980s, Chekhov and his wife (who is also a professional chess player/trainer) were living in DDR and delivering chess training to the DDR-based Soviet military personnel.

Valery Chekhov

Personal information
Born	Валерий Чехов (1955-11-27) November 27, 1955 (age 69)
Chess career
Country	Russia
Title	Grandmaster (1984)
FIDE rating	2457 (October 2025)
Peak rating	2550 (January 1992)

He was awarded the International Master title in 1975 and became a Grandmaster in 1984. He was first or tied for first at Lvov 1983, Irkutsk 1983, Barcelona 1984, Dresden 1985, and the Berlin Open 1986.

Bibliography

Chekhov, Valery (1994). Sizilianisch Sweschnikow-Variante – richtig gespielt (in German). Beyer. ISBN 3-89168-044-9.