Gennadij Sagalchik
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 22, 1969 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1992) Belarus (1992–1993) United States (since 1993) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
| FIDE rating | 2434 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2550 (January 1997) |
Gennadij Germanovich Sagalchik is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster and coach.
Chess career
[edit]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
[edit]Sagalchik lives in Brooklyn with his wife Olga, who is a Woman FIDE Master. They have two daughters and a son.[4]