Tags: Chess Player.
Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko (born 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the May 2013 FIDE Elo rating list Jakovenko has a rating of 2731 making him the 21st highest rated player in the world.He learned chess from his father at age 3 and was later coached by former Garry Kasparov trainer Alexander Nikitin. In 2001 he won the U18 World Championship and the Saint-Vincent Open and in 2004 he decided to become a professional chess player.
