Aleksandr Nikitin (chess player)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Nikitin 27 January 1935 |
| Died | 5 June 2022 (aged 87) Moscow, Russia |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia (since 1991) |
| Title | Master of Sports of the USSR (1952) International Master (1993) |
| Peak rating | 2445 (January 1994) |
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Nikitin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Никитин; 27 January 1935 – 5 June 2022) was a Russian chess player, chess coach, theorist; and Master of Sports of the USSR (1952). He was a coach of the Azerbaijan SSR (1980) and the USSR (1986) teams, and was a coach for Garry Kasparov from 1976 to 1990.