Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev (17 April 1935 – 8 October 2021[1]) was a Russian chess player who held the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.

He was the twelfth World Correspondence Chess Championship (1984–1991) and finished in third place at the "Hans-Werner von Massow Memorial" tournament (1996–2002).

However, he won chess championship of Voronezh Region (Russia) on several occasions.

Sanakoev is also the author of a book on correspondence chess titled World Champion at the Third Attempt.

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