Happened Today in the Chess World - Apr 10, 2024

A STRANGE CAREER

Moscow-Minsk match (senior), Moscow 2017: Viacheslav Dydyshko-Yuri Balashov
Photo: Vladimir Barsky - Source: ruchess.ru

Today is Grandmaster Viacheslav Dydyshko's birthday. He was born in Gmina Lipsk, Poland, on April 10, 1949.
 Dydyshko was an eleven-time Belarus champion between 1965 and 2006 (41 years between the first and the last success!).
He represented his country in seven Olympiads, winning an individual Silver medal in 1994.
Like many other chess players from the USSR, Dydyshko obtained his best results only in the nineties, reaching a rating of 2587 Elo points in July 2004, when he was 55 years old.
Dydyshko is a mathematician, and during his career, he defeated players of the caliber of Karpov, Svidler, Vaganian, A. Sokolov, Bareev, and Movsesian.

Viacheslav Dydydshko (2587)-Artur Jakubiec (2565), Dzwirzyno (Polish Team Championship) 2004
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