| Alexei Fedorov | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexei Fedorov |
| Country | Belarus |
| Born | September 27, 1972 Mogilev, USSR[1] |
| Title | Grandmaster (1995) |
| FIDE rating | 2611 |
| Peak rating | 2684 (No. 14 on the January 2000 FIDE ratings list) |
Alexei Fedorov (Russian: Алексей Фёдоров; Belarusian: Аляксей Фёдараў/Aljaxej Fjodarau; born September 27, 1972) is a chess grandmaster. Until 1992 he played for the Soviet Union, then briefly for Russia and from 1993 for the Belarus chess association.
Fedorov became an International Master in 1992 and a grandmaster in 1996.[1] He won the Belarusian Chess Championship in 1993, 1995, 2005 and 2008 and participated in seven Chess Olympiads with a performance of 54.3% (+22=32-16).[2] He took part in the FIDE world Chess Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002. In 1999 he was knocked out in the fourth round, while in 2000 and 2002 he was knocked out in the first round.
Fedorov is considered to be an opening specialist on the King's Gambit and the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation.