Alexander Riazantsev

Alexander Riazantsev

Alexander Riazantsev, 2009
Full name Alexander Riazantsev
Country  Russia
Born September 12, 1985 (1985-09-12) (age 26)
Title Grandmaster (2001)
FIDE rating 2688
(No. 57 in the September 2011 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2689 (November 2010)

Alexander Riazantsev (born September 12, 1985) is a Russian chess player and International Grandmaster.

In 1997, he won the World Chess U12 Championship in Cannes, France. In 2006, he came first in the Moscow championship.[1] In 2010, he tied for 1st–7th with Vitali Golod, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sebastien Feller, Christian Bauer, Sebastien Maze in the 43rd Biel Chess Festival and won the event on tie-break after all scored 8/11.[2]

In September 2011, Riazantsev was appointed Russian national team coach.[3]

References

  1. ^ Crowther, Mark (2006-04-10). "TWIC 596: Moscow Championship". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic596.html#17. Retrieved 7 June 2010. 
  2. ^ Crowther, Mark (2010-07-29). "The Week in Chess: Biel Chess Festival 2010". Chess.co.uk. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/biel-chess-festival-2010. Retrieved 3 January 2012. 
  3. ^ "Alexander Riazantsev appointed Russia’s head coach". Chessdom. 2011-09-20. http://www.chessdom.com/alexander-riazantsev-appointed-russias-head-coach. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 

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