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{{short description|Russian chess grandmaster (1945–2012)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image = Yuri Razuvaev 1975.jpg
|caption=Yuri Razuvaev in 1975
|name = Yuri Razuvaev
|birthname = Юрий Разуваев
|country = Soviet Union → Russia
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|10|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Moscow]], Soviet Union
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|3|21|1945|10|10|df=y}}
|death_place = 
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1976)
|peakranking = No. 42 (January 1991)
|peakrating = 2625 (July 1983)
|FideID = 4100301
}}

'''Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev''' {{langx|ru|Ю́рий Серге́евич Разува́ев}} (also '''Razuvayev'''; 10 October 1945&nbsp;– 21 March 2012) was a Russian [[chess]] player and trainer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8017|title=Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev, 1945–2012|last=Gulko|first=Boris|date=2012-03-22|publisher=[[ChessBase|ChessBase.com]]|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>

==Chess career==
Razuvaev became an [[International Master]] in 1973, a [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] in 1976 and an [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR|Honoured Coach of Russia]] in 1977.

Razuvaev's tournament wins included [[Dubna]] 1978, [[Polanica-Zdrój]] 1979, [[London]] 1983, [[Dortmund]] 1985, [[Jūrmala]] 1987, [[Pula]] 1988, [[Protvino]] 1988, [[Reykjavík]] 1990, [[Leningrad]] 1992, [[Tiraspol]] 1994, [[Reggio Emilia]] 1996 and [[San Sebastián|San Sebastian]] 1996.<ref>[http://www.gmchess.com/gmschool/ About GMChess School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213195117/http://www.gmchess.com/gmschool/ |date=2013-12-13 }}. Gmchess.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.</ref>

At the second [[Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World|USSR vs Rest of the World]] match in 1984, he substituted for [[Tigran Petrosian]], who was absent because of illness. Razuvaev limited his opponent, the much higher rated [[Robert Hübner]], to four straight [[draw (chess)|draws]].

Razuvaev was a respected trainer, becoming a second to [[Anatoly Karpov]] from 1971 until 1978, stepping down before the World Championship match against [[Viktor Korchnoi]]. They had first met at the Botvinnik School's first sessions in 1963<ref>{{cite book|title=My Great Predecessors Part V|date=2010|publisher=Everyman Chess|isbn=978-1-85744-404-9|pages=221,316}}</ref> He coached [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], who won the [[Women's World Chess Championship]] in 2008, along with [[Evgeny Tomashevsky]] along with the Italian national team.<ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=46981 Razuvaev profile]. Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.</ref> In 2005 he was awarded the title of [[FIDE]] Senior Trainer.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/info/arbiters-trainers?task=arbiter&aid=1811 Arbiters / Trainers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606153309/http://www.fide.com/info/arbiters-trainers?task=arbiter&aid=1811 |date=June 6, 2011 }}. Fide.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.</ref>

==Chess strength==
At his peak, in the July 1991 [[FIDE]] list, he had an [[Elo rating]] of 2590.

==Notable games==
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1320199 Yuri Razuvaev vs Lev Gutman, URS-ch otbor 1976, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange, Classical Variation (D86), 1-0]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1320354 Yuri Razuvaev vs Zvonimir Mestrovic, Keszthely 1981, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (D25), 1-0]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1050431 Yuri Razuvaev vs Efim Geller, USSR 1988, Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04), 1-0]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1320964 Fernando Prada-Rubin vs Yuri Razuvaev, Las Palmas op 1996, Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B31), 0-1]

== Publications ==
* ''Devoted to chess. The creative heritage of Yuri Razuvaev''. Compiled by Boris Postovsky. New in Chess, 2019. {{ISBN|978-90-5691-822-4}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{chessgames player|id=46981}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102049/http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S106928000000111000000000025610100 Chessmetrics Player Profile: Yury Razuvaev]

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