Dmitry Jakovenko
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Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko (born 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the March 2010 FIDE Elo rating list, Jakovenko has a rating of 2725, making him the 20th highest ranked player in the world.
He learned chess from his father at age 3, and was later coached by former Kasparov trainer Alexander Nikitin. In 2001 he won he U18 World Championship and the Saint-Vincent Open, in 2004 he decided to become a professional chess player (he was a student with outstanding marks in math and science). Recently has achieved a lot of successes, like shared first in the Russian Championship 2006 (he lost the playoff against Evgeny Alekseev), second place at Pamplona 2006/2007, Corus B Group 2007, Aeroflot Open and first place at Poikovsky.
In the July 2009 FIDE ratings, Jakovenko overtook Vladimir Kramnik as the number one Russian chess player. However, Kramnik regained the position in September.
