Leonid Nikolayevich Yurtaev (3 April 1959, Frunze – 2 June 2011) was a Kyrgyz chess player. In 1986 he was awarded the FIDE title of International Master (IM) and in 1996 he became the first Kyrgyz player to receive the Grandmaster (GM) title. He was noted as a tactician, and in particular as a specialist in the King's Indian Defence.
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Leonid Nikolayevich Yurtaev 3 April 1959 Frunze, Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic
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Died |
2 June 2011 (aged 52)
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Zodiac | Aries |
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