Daniil Yuffa


Daniil Aleksandrovich Yuffa is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Born in 1997, Yuffa earned his grandmaster title in 2016.
In September 2017, Yuffa appeared on the Russia-1 talent show "Amazing People", playing three blindfold simultaneous games while performing classical music pieces on the piano.
In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished forty-first out of ninety-two, scoring 4½/9. In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed thirteenth, scoring 7½/11.
In 2019, at the Chess World Cup 2019, as the 106th seed, he upset 23rd seed David Navara in the first round and then beat 42nd seed Luke McShane in the 2nd round before losing to 10th seed Teimour Radjabov in the 3rd round.