Anatoli Gantvarg
Gantvarg in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 3, 1948 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Sport | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Sport | Draughts |
| Rank | Grandmaster (1984) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | No. 4 (October 2019) |
| Personal best | 2425 (January 1994, rating) |
Anatoli Abramovich Gantvarg (Russian: Анатолий Абрамович Гантварг; born 3 October 1948 in Minsk) is an international grandmaster in international draughts from Belarus. He won the Draughts World Championships in 1978, 1980, 1984 and 1985, as well as four Soviet Union championships (1969–1981). In 1984 and 1985 he was selected as Belarus Sportsperson of the Year.
Gantvarg has a university degree in mathematics, but throughout all of his life, he remained a professional draughts player. He has two daughters: one lives in the United States and the other in Australia.