Albert Kapengut
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Albert Zinovievich Kapengut (born 1945 in the USSR) is a Soviet chess master. A holder of the International Master title, he is best known as a respected teacher, theoretician, writer, and member of the successful student Olympiad teams of the 1960s.
He finished 10th in his first Soviet Championship in 1971, ahead of many high-calibre masters such as Anatoly Lein, Efim Geller, Rafael Vaganian and Vladimir Tukmakov.
He was the coach of GM Yury Shulman among others.
