Denis Vladimirovich Makhnev is a Russian Chess Grandmaster, born on November 25, 1995, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
He became a FIDE Master in 2012, and then went on to earn his International Master (IM) title in 2013. In February 2014, the good performance in the Moscow Open earned him his first Grandmaster (GM) norm, while the second and third ones came in the Chigorin Memorial of the same year. The FIDE awarded Makhnev the title of Grandmaster in 2015.
Throughout his career, Denis Makhnev has participated in several chess tournaments and represented Russia at various levels of competition. He won the Russian Junior Championship in 2013 and the Kazakhstan Championship in 2015, showcasing his extraordinary talent in chess.