Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (12 May 1913 – 14 June 1979) was a Soviet Russian chess player and Grandmaster. He was also an important chess trainer and author. His success in over-the-board play included sharing first place at Moscow 1940, the tournament victory at Sverdlovsk 1943, and a tie for first in the 1940/41 edition of the USSR Chess Championship. He also had a successful career in correspondence chess.
Bondarevsky gave up competitive chess in 1955 to focus on training other players, amongst his most famous charges was the eighth World Chess Champion, Boris Spassky. His extensive writings on chess have been also extensively praised.
He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in 1950, and the International Master of Correspondence Chess in 1961. Bondarevsky was also the Soviet National co-champion in 1940. A year before his death in 1979, FIDE awarded him the title of International Arbiter. He was also honoured by the prestigious title of “Honoured Coach of USSR” in 1965. Pioneering chess analytics, Bondarevsky was widely recognized for his methodical approach to the game.