During November 21 meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation Board Chairman Ilya Levitov announced candidacy of GM Yuri Dokhoian to the post of the chief coach of Russian men’s national team.

According to the Chairman of Trainers' Council Anatoli Bikhovsli, the idea of appointing Dokhoian to the post was born not long ago due to Dokhoian’s readiness to take up the position.

The appointment will take place during the Trainers' Council in January with Dokhoian to present the team’s working plan, chess-news.ru reports.

For many years Dokhoian has been Garry Kasparov's second. In 2009, he started cooperating with Sergey Karjakin, being at the same time the coach of the Russian women's team. He is also the coach of the female world class players, the sisters Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva. In 2007, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.