About Jakov Geller
Born 1986. Jakov Geller is a Russian chess player.
Jakov Vladimirovich Geller is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Chess career In 2003, he tied for first place in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open.
In August 2011, he tied for first place in the 100 Years of Mikhail Botvinnik chess festival in St. Petersburg.
In 2019, he won the Mark Dvoretsky coaching prize.
He won the 2020-21 Samuel Reshevsky Award for the best achievement by a junior prodigy. He is one of Russia's top modern coaches, and his students have included grandmasters Ivan Bukavshin and Alexandr Predke.
In 2021, he wrote a book titled 1,500 Forced Mates, published by Elk and Ruby.
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Who is Jakov Geller?
Russian chess player
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Jakov Geller was born on 11 August 1986 in Moscow.
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Jakov Geller is a chess player.
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Jakov Geller is Russian.
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