Konstantin Sakaev

Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev (Константи́н Ру́фович Сака́ев; born 13 April 1974 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1993), chess author and Russian champion in 1999. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St. Petersburg and has assisted Vladimir Kramnik and Nana Ioseliani in preparing for World Championship Candidates' Matches.

Notable results

 * Under-16 World Champion 1990
 * USSR Youth Champion 1990
 * Leningrad Champion 1990
 * U18 World Champion 1992
 * Russian Champion 1999
 * Olympic champion with the Russian team in 1998 and 2000
 * 16th in the 2005 FIDE World Cup.