Sergei Zjukin

Sergei Zjukin
Country	Soviet Union Estonia
Born	(1972-01-19) January 19, 1972 Tallinn, Estonia

Sergei Zjukin (born 19 January 1972, Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the International Master title in 2000.

Biography

In 1989 Sergei Zjukin graduated from secondary school in Tallinn and in 2001 he graduated from Tallinn University of Technology with degree a Chemical and Materials Technology. Tallinn chess school alumnus. For four consecutive years (1987-90) Zjukin won the Estonian championships among schoolchildren.^[1] He won the Estonian Chess Championship in 1996 and finished third in 2000.^[2] Sergei Zjukin played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:^[3]

In 1996, at reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+2 −1 =5);
In 2000, at second reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 −0 =6).

Since 2004 he has been working as a chess coach in Tallinn's Tinu Truusa chess club and chess club «Lasnamäe Noorte» («Lasnamäe gymnasium»).^[4]

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