Konstantin Sakaev

Country	Soviet Union Russia
Born	April 13, 1974 Leningrad
Title	Grandmaster (1993)
Peak rating	2677 (January 2005)

Konstantin Sakaev (Russian: Константин Сакаев; born 13 April 1974 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1993), chess author and Russian champion in 1999. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St. Petersburg and has assisted Vladimir Kramnik and Nana Ioseliani while preparing for World Championship Candidates' Matches.

He was born in a Tatar family.

Notable results

• Under-16 World Champion 1990
• USSR Youth Champion 1990
• Leningrad Champion 1990
• U18 World Champion 1992
• Russian Champion 1999
• Olympic champion with the Russian team in 1998 and 2000
• 16th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup.

Works

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alexander Morozevich	Russian Chess Champion 1999	Succeeded by Sergey Volkov