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2560 -lrb- july 1995 -rrb- yekaterinburg , russia -lrb- then sverdlovsk , ussr -rrb- grandmaster 4100603 18 april 1946 nukhim nikolayevich rashkovsky replace this image male.svg nukhim rashkovsky
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nukhim rashkovsky

nukhim -lrb- naum -rrb- nikolayevich rashkovsky -lrb- born 18 april 1946 , sverdlovsk -rrb- is a chess grandmaster and coach from russia .
his first meaningful chess moves were played at the sverdlovsk palace of pioneers , one of many training schools for talented young players in soviet russia .
he was a regular patron of the long-running soviet chess championship , from his first appearance in 1972 until the event 's final edition in 1991 .
in total , he participated eight times , his best performance occurring in 1986 , when he finished in eighth place .
competing at the former russian championship -lrb- known as the championship of the rsfsr -rrb- , he was twice a winner , at tula 1974 and at novosibirsk 1976 .
in 1974 , rashkovsky took part in the team championship of the spartak sports society and along with albert kapengut , recorded the tournament 's top individual performance , with a score of 5 1/2 / 7 .
curiously , the full results were censored by the authorities and remained so for many years , because both players had finished ahead of tigran petrosian and it was not thought to be in the national interest to disclose even this relatively minor failing of the ex-world champion .
progressing through the ranks , rashkovsky was awarded the international master title in 1976 and became a grandmaster in 1980 .
among his most successful international tournament results were first place at sochi 1979 , joint second place at the 1985 ussr championship semi-final in aktiubinsk , a share of third place at kuibyshev 1986 , a share of second at vrnjacka banja 1987 and another runner-up finish at stockholm -lrb- the rilton cup -rrb- in 1988 .
his best performance occurred at the 1982 moscow championship , where he shared victory with david bronstein .
he was also crowned european senior champion in 2007 , at hockenheim , finishing level on points with algimantas butnorius but winning on tie-break -lrb- ahead of mark tseitlin and wolfgang uhlmann , among others -rrb- .
although less active internationally , he continues to participate in domestic competition and has been player-coach for the highly successful ural club -lrb- of yekaterinburg -rrb- in the top russian league and european club cup .
he has , for many years , been a coach and trainer at the uppermost levels of his chosen sport .
peter svidler spoke with high regard of his tenure with the national team , remarking on his optimism and energy and the good spirits that surrounded the olympiad camp .
less complimentary was chess commentator vladimir dvorkovich , who described rashkovsky as inferior in every way to his american counterpart yasser seirawan , when russia lost the `` match of the new century '' -- the 2002 edition of the russia -lrb- ussr -rrb- vs rest of the world challenge matches .
in 2008 , rashkovsky was appointed director of the urals chess academy .
having started his playing career in a similar facility , his aim is to recreate the same opportunities for talented children of the present day .
the academy is not solely for chess , but will cover a range of intellectual sports development needs .
