GMSergey Drygalov

Sergey Drygalov was born in Kurgan in 1999; his twin brother Andrey also became a grandmaster. Sergey won the Russian under-21 championship in 2019. In 2020 he won the open individual event at the All-Russian Student Competition and helped Ural State Mining University win the team event. He became a grandmaster in 2022. He won a Chess.com Titled Tuesday tournament without losing a game in September 2023. At the 2025 Cape Town Chess Masters, he won all nine games and finished two points ahead of the runner-up.