Savva Vetokhin

Savva Vetokhin
Country	Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023)
Born	(2009-02-09) February 9, 2009 (age 15) Moscow, Russia
Title	Grandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating	2502 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2502 (October 2024)

Savva Vetokhin is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In May 2017, he played in the Russian U9 Championship, where he co-led the tournament alongside Egor Koshulyan with a perfect score after 6 rounds.^[2]

In June 2017, he won the silver medal in the U8 World Youth Rapid Championship, losing on tiebreaks to Pham Tran Gia Phuc.^[3]

In September 2019, he became the U10 World Youth Champion, finishing half a point ahead of runners-up Meng Yihan and Wei Jianzhou.^[4]

In June 2023, he won the U14 World Youth Blitz Championship ahead of runner-up Artem Uskov.^[5]

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
2. "Savva Vetokhin and Egor Koshulyan Lead Russian Under 9 Championship". May 28, 2017.
3. "WORLD CADETS RAPID AND BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIPS – MEDAL WINNERS".
4. "Artem Lebedev, Savva Vetokhin and Galina Mikheeva Become World Youth Champions". September 1, 2019.
5. "Winners crowned at 2023 FIDE World Cadets & Youth Blitz and Rapid Championship". June 11, 2023.