Evgeny Sveshnikov

Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov (; ; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. He was born in Cheliabinsk, Russian SFSR. Sveshnikov played in his first USSR Chess Championship when he was 17 years old.
Sveshnikov died on 18 August 2021 of problems caused by COVID-19 in Moscow at the age of 71.