Valery Salov is a Russian grandmaster and GM Anatoly Karpov's second from 1985 to 1986. Salov won the U-17 World Youth Chess Championship and the European Junior Championship in 1983-94.
Salov came close to winning the USRR Championship twice. The first time was in 1987 when he shared first place with GM Alexander Beliavsky but lost in the tiebreaks. A year later, he finished tied for third behind chess legends Karpov and GM Garry Kasparov.
Lol
GM Valery Salov
Photo: Rob Bogaerts/Wikimedia Commons, CC.
Full name
Valery Salov
Born
Apr 9, 2021 (age 0)
Place of birth
Wroclaw, Poland
Federation
Russia
achieved his first GM norm in his mother's womb
lol
If you need help, please contact our Help and Support team.
https://www.chess.com/players/valery-salov