Evgeny Agrest

{{short description|Belarusian-Swedish chess grandmaster (born 1966)}} {{Infobox chess player |image = Agrest jewgenij 20081119 olympiade dresden.jpg |name = Evgeny Agrest |caption = at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008 |country = Soviet Union (until 1992)<br>Belarus (1992–1996)<br>Sweden (since 1997)<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Agrest,%20Evgenij.html Evgenij Agrest] FIDE rating history, 1990-2001 at OlimpBase.org</ref> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|8|15}} |birth_place = Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |death_date = |death_place = |title = Grandmaster (1997) |spouse = Svetlana Agrest |peakrating = 2616 (January 2004) |peakranking = No. 82 (January 2000) |FideID = 1705024 }} '''Evgeny Agrest''' (born 15 August 1966 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Soviet-born Swedish chess grandmaster (1997).

In 1994, he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated to Sweden. He is four-time Swedish champion (1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004), and thrice Nordic champion (2001 jointly with Artur Kogan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report October 2001 |url=http://fide.com:80/ratings/trarc.phtml?codt=1&event16=245 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051117025321/http://fide.com:80/ratings/trarc.phtml?codt=1&event16=245 |archive-date=2005-11-17 |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=www.fide.com}}</ref> 2003 jointly with Curt Hansen,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report January 2004 |url=http://www.fide.com:80/ratings/trarc.phtml?event16=26&codt=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705001258/http://www.fide.com:80/ratings/trarc.phtml?event16=26&codt=10 |archive-date=2007-07-05 |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=www.fide.com}}</ref> and 2005<ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/trarc.phtml?event16=0976&codt=18 Nordic Championship 2005]</ref>). In 2010 Agrest tied for 1st–6th in the European Union Championship, taking third place on tiebreak. He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartelski |first=Wojciech |title=OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiads :: Evgenij Agrest |url=https://www.olimpbase.org/players/yeuy4wof.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122094514/https://www.olimpbase.org/players/yeuy4wof.html |archive-date=2025-01-22 |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>

{{As of|2015|8|post=,}} he has been Nils Grandelius's trainer since 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-evgenij-agrest-first-we-take-abu-dhabi-then-the-chess-world/|title=Interview with Evgenij Agrest: "First we take Abu Dhabi then the chess world" - Chessdom|website=www.chessdom.com|date=31 August 2015 |access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>

Agrest is married to Woman International Master (WIM) Svetlana Agrest <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1705032 | title=Agrest, Svetlana }}</ref> with both his wife and his daughter playing for the Swedish Women's chess team.

==Books== *{{cite book | author=Delchev, Aleksander | author-link=Aleksander Delchev |author2=Agrest, Evgenij | title=The Safest Grünfeld | publisher=Chess Stars | year=2011 | isbn=978-954-8782-81-4}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.365chess.com/players/Evgenij_Agrest Evgenij Agrest] chess games at 365Chess.com * {{chessgames player|id=18229|name=Evgenij Agrest}} * Svetlana Agrest (Dutch Wikipedia)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agrest, Evgeny}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Chess Grandmasters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Swedish chess players Category:Russian emigrants to Sweden Category:Swedish people of Russian-Jewish descent Category:Soviet chess writers Category:Sportspeople from Vitebsk Category:Belarusian emigrants to Sweden