Denis Makhnev

Denis Makhnev
CountryKazakhstan
Born (2000-02-20) February 20, 2000
Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
TitleGrandmaster (2021)[1]
FIDE rating2540 (August 2025)
Peak rating2551 (August 2024)

Denis Makhnev is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In April 2024, he finished in third place behind winner Vitaliy Bernadskiy and runner-up Mitrabha Guha in the 21st BCC Open after having a better tiebreak score than Srihari L. R., Sayantan Das, and James Morris on tiebreaks.[2]

In November 2024, he won the Kazakhstan Chess Cup, finishing ahead of Ramazan Zhalmakhanov and Mikhail Nikitenko.[3]

References

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Long, Peter (April 22, 2024). "Vitaliy Bernadskiy wins 21st BCC Open 2024, Mitrabha Guha second".
  3. ^ Tonkonog, Olga (November 21, 2024). "KazChess reveals Kazakhstan Chess Cup winners".