Dolmatov Sergey

Born February 20, 1959 in g. Kiselyovsk Kemerovo.
Grandmaster since 1982, Mr..

World Junior champion in 1978, winner of international tournaments in Frunze, 1983, Tallinn, 1985, Clermont-Ferrand 1989.

Professional rating from 1 February 2002. - 2558
FIDE rating of 1 January 2002. - 2588


They walked hand in hand with youth tournaments. Almost the same age, Sergei Dolmatov and Artur Yusupov received their universities have a chess coach. Acute sporting rivalry did not prevent them to maintain friendly relations. Many in the memory of their struggle in the world championship among juniors in 1978. Sergei managed to get ahead of Arthur's half-point. This was not the least of their elucidation of relations 'in Hamburg score'.

Dolmatov loudly declared itself in the eighties. Sergei confidently played in championship semifinals of the country, scored several victories in international tournaments. Attracted attention and confident and great technical game Dolmatova. His skill in the endgame quickly became the benchmark. It seemed a little more, and the applicant will Dolmatov. Qualitative leap occurred in the late eighties. Dolmatov shares the second place in a very strong on the composition of the USSR Championship, and in 1990 an inter shown in Manila and became candidate. Who could have known that thirteen years after the World Cup race among the youths, sports fate will bring him with Yusupov in the first round matches pretendentskih 1991.: In a dramatic fight fortune smiled Arthur. Another attempt Dolmatov taken in the FIDE knock-out tournament, but lost to Korchnoi in rapid chess. In the mid-nineties rating Dolmatova declined, but by the beginning of a new century, Sergei returned to their former frontiers. Speaking about Dolmatova, one can not but mention such an important side of his activities as a chess coaching. Not many can boast of cooperation (in different years) as much with two world champions!