Igor Nikolaevich Zhdanov (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Жданов, Latvian: Igors Ždanovs; July 27, 1920, Cesvaine – December 25, 1996, Rīga) is a Latvian/Soviet chess master who won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1943.
One of his passion was to give lectures at the Rīga Chess Culture University.
Igor Zhdanov attended the Riga State Gymnasium No.1 and upon graduation in 1938 pursued studies in German philosophy at the University of Latvia.
At the age of 18, Igor Zhdanov won the Rīga Chess Championship.
[4] In 1991 in Heilbronn, Germany Igor Zhdanov won the Senior tournament.