Evgeny Alekseev (chess player)
| Evgeny Alekseev | |
|---|---|
 Alekseev at Chess World Cup 2013 | |
| Full name | Евгений Владимирович Алексеев |
| Country | Russia |
| Born |
November 28, 1985 Pushkin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2651 (January 2016) |
| Peak rating | 2725 (September 2009) |
Evgeny Vladimirovich Alekseev (born November 28, 1985 in Pushkin) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2001). In 2006 he won the Russian Chess Championship, defeating Dmitry Jakovenko in a playoff match.[1] By winning the 2007 Aeroflot Open in Moscow,[2] Alekseev qualified for the 2007 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, where he shared second place—behind World Champion Vladimir Kramnik—with Viswanathan Anand and Péter Lékó.[3]
In 2008 Alekseev won the 41st Biel Chess Festival after a playoff with Leinier Dominguez.[4] In the European Individual Chess Championship of 2013 he tied for first with 8/11 points and edged out on tiebreak Evgeny Romanov, Alexander G Beliavsky, Constantin Lupulescu, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergei Movsesian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexey Dreev and Hrant Melkumyan to place second behind the winner Alexander Moiseenko.[5]
| Preceded by Sergei Rublevsky |
Russian Chess Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Alexander Morozevich |
References
- ↑ "Evgeny Alekseev, 21, wins Russian Superfinal". ChessBase. 2006-12-16. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "Aeroflot Open 2007: Evgeny Alekseev wins in style". ChessBase. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "Dortmund R7: all games drawn, Kramnik wins for the eighth time". ChessBase. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "Biel R10: Alekseev catches Dominguez, wins tiebreak". ChessBase. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2013-05-16). "14th European Individual Championships 2013". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
External links
- Evgeny Alekseev games at 365Chess.com
- Evgeny Alekseev player profile and games at Chessgames.com