Rychagov in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 3, 1979 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
| FIDE rating | 2546 (October 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2586 (January 2007) |
Andrey Valerievich Rychagov is a Russian chess grandmaster.
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2006, after achieving his norms at the:
In 2009, he tied for 1st–5th with Sergey Volkov, Hrant Melkumyan, Andrei Deviatkin, and Zhou Weiqi in the Chigorin Memorial.
In June 2015, he tied for second place with Aleksey Goganov, Zaven Andriasian, Evgeny Vorobiov, and Vladimir Ponfilenok in the Rashid Nezhmetdinov Memorial.
In September 2017, he won the Moscow Blitz Championship, defeating Alexey Korotylev in a tiebreak match.