Gennadij Sagalchik

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Gennadij Sagalchik
Country	Soviet Union (until 1992) Belarus (1992–1993) United States (since 1993)
Born	(1969-04-22) April 22, 1969 (age 55) Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating	2434 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2550 (January 1997)

Gennadij Germanovich Sagalchik is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster and coach.

Chess career

Sagalchik is a former Belarus Junior Champion, and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1994.^[1] In 2008, he tied for second place with Sergei Tiviakov at the IV Torneo Internacional Abierto de Ajedrez in Alajuela, Costa Rica.^[2]

Sagalchik has been a chess coach in Long Island since the 2010s. In 2015, four of his students played in the World Youth Chess Championship.^[3]

Personal life

Sagalchik lives in Brooklyn with his wife Olga, who is a Woman FIDE Master. They have two daughters and a son.^[4]

References

^ "Gennadij Sagalchik".
^ "IV Torneo Internacional Abierto de Ajedrez "Alajuela 2008"". July 14, 2008.
^ "Private Lessons".
^ "Woman FIDE Master Olga Sagalchik".

v t e American grandmasters
Chess players for the United States with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM) by title decade
1950–1959	Benko Bisguier Evans Fine Fischer Kashdan Reshevsky Rossolimo
1960–1969	Byrne Kavalek Lombardy
1970–1979	Alburt Biyiasas Christiansen Dzindzichashvili Gulko Palatnik Rogoff Tarjan
1980–1989	Benjamin D. Gurevich Dake De Firmian Denker Dlugy Ehlvest Fedorowicz Goldin Henley Kaidanov Kudrin Mednis Rohde Seirawan Soltis Wilder Zaichik
1990–1999	Akopian Annakov Becerra Bruzón Fishbein I. Gurevich Ivanov Kamsky Novikov Onischuk Sagalchik Schwartzman Serper Shabalov Shaked Sher Sherzer Shulman Stripunsky Wolff Yermolinsky
2000–2009	Akobian Aronian Ashley Bhat Caruana Domínguez Erenburg Finegold Friedel Gareyev González Hernández Hess Izoria Jimenez Kaufman Khachiyan Kraai Kreiman Moradi Nakamura Perelshteyn Quesada Ramírez So Świercz Zherebukh Ziatdinov
2010–2019	Antipov Arnold Brown Burke Chandra Checa Holt Hungaski Krush Lenderman Li Liang Molner Naroditsky Oparin Robson Sevian Sevillano Shankland Smith Tang Troff Xiong Yang Zierk
2020–2029	Balakrishnan Bora Brodsky Daggupati Fernandez Ghazarian Guo Hardaway Hong Jacobson Mishra Niemann Sheng Sturt Tiglon Woodward Yoo
See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:American chess players

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