Background
Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev was born on April 17, 1935 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev was born on April 17, 1935 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Grigory Konstantinovich graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Voronezh State University (1957).
Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev was an engineer of the ENIKMASH (Voronezh, 1961-1995). He was a member of the USSR national team in correspondence chess (1978-1998). Grigory Konstantinovich was a director of the Voronezh Regional Chess Club (1991-2006). Since 2006, a professional chess player, chess columnist, published in Russia, Germany, Canada and other countries. Author of many articles in chess encyclopedias (Moscow, 1990, 1996), articles "Chess on the threshold of the 21st century" ("Rise". 1998. No. 10) and the book "The Third Attempt" (Vladikavkaz, 1996; Voronezh, 2001; reprinted in Germany, 1997 and England, 1998).
International Grandmaster of the International Federation of Chess Games by correspondence (correspondence chess, 1984), Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation (1998), European champion (1981), world champion (1992) in correspondence chess, winner and winner of 15 international tournaments.
Member of the Presidium of the International Correspondence Chess Federation (since 1992), Honorary Member of the Presidium of the Russian Correspondence Chess Association (since 1995).