Alexander Areshchenko
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Alexander Areshchenko is a Ukrainian chess
Grandmaster and won the Ukrainian Champion
in 2005. In 1999, he won the U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar
, Spain ahead of future super-grandmaster Wang Yue
. In 2007 he tied for 2nd-4th with Hikaru Nakamura
and Emil Sutovsky
in the 5th GibTelecom Chess Festival. In 2009 he tied for 1st-4th with Humpy Koneru, Evgenij Miroshnichenko
and Magesh Panchanathan in the Mumbai Mayor Cup and came first on tiebreak. In the same year, he tied for first with Boris Avrukh
in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament and again won the event on tiebreak. In 2010, he tied for 2nd-7th with Alexey Dreev
, Ivan Sokolov
, Vladimir Fedoseev
, Dmitry Andreikin
and Konstantin Sakaev
in the Chigorin Memorial
. In 2011, Areshchenko tied for 1st-5th with Yuriy Kuzubov
, Parimarjan Negi
, Markus Ragger
and Ni Hua
in the 9th Parsvnath Open Tournament.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster and won the Ukrainian Champion
Ukrainian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the tournament but did not receive the title since he...
in 2005. In 1999, he won the U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar
Oropesa del Mar
Oropesa del Mar is a municipality in the comarca of Plana Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain....
, Spain ahead of future super-grandmaster Wang Yue
Wang Yue
Wang Yue is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. He is China's highest-ever rated player with a peak Elo rating of 2751. In 2004, he became China's 18th Grandmaster at the age of 17....
. In 2007 he tied for 2nd-4th with Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess Grandmaster . He has been ranked among the top six players in the world by FIDE....
and Emil Sutovsky
Emil Sutovsky
Emil Sutovsky is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He is one of the several top chess grandmasters who were born in Baku, Azerbaijan .-Successes:...
in the 5th GibTelecom Chess Festival. In 2009 he tied for 1st-4th with Humpy Koneru, Evgenij Miroshnichenko
Evgenij Miroshnichenko
Evgenij Miroshnichenko , or "Miro", as he likes to be called, is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster.In 2003 and 2008 he won the Ukrainian Chess Championship. In 2003 he tied for 1st-3rd with Yuri Yakovich and Alexander Potapov in the Fakel Jamala tournament in Noyabrsk...
and Magesh Panchanathan in the Mumbai Mayor Cup and came first on tiebreak. In the same year, he tied for first with Boris Avrukh
Boris Avrukh
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.He has played for Israel six times in Chess Olympiads.* In 1998, at second reserve board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista ;...
in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament and again won the event on tiebreak. In 2010, he tied for 2nd-7th with Alexey Dreev
Alexey Dreev
Alexey Dreev is a chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak Elo rating was 2705, attained in October 2003 and again in April 2005.He qualified for the Candidates Tournament in 1991, but lost his Quarter Final match to Viswanathan Anand in Madras .Then in the FIDE World Championship...
, Ivan Sokolov
Ivan Sokolov
Ivan Sokolov is a chess grandmaster born in Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia, who currently resides in the Netherlands. Sokolov won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship....
, Vladimir Fedoseev
Vladimir Fedoseev
Vladimir Fedoseev is a Russian chess grandmaster .In 2010, he tied for 2nd–7th with Alexey Dreev, Ivan Sokolov, Dmitry Andreikin, Alexander Areshchenko and Konstantin Sakaev in the Chigorin Memorial...
, Dmitry Andreikin
Dmitry Andreikin
Dmitry Andreikin is a Russian chess grandmaster . He won the 2010 World Junior Chess Championship.-Chess career:He tied for 1st–3rd with Konstantin Chernyshov and Alexei Kornev at Lipetsk 2006...
and Konstantin Sakaev
Konstantin Sakaev
Konstantin Sakaev is a Russian chess Grandmaster , from St Petersburg and Russian Champion in 1999. He is also a chess writer. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmaster Chess School in St...
in the Chigorin Memorial
Chigorin Memorial
The Chigorin Memorial is a chess tournament played in honour of the chess legend Mikhail Chigorin , founder of the Soviet School. The first and most important edition was the one played in 1909 in St. Petersburg. Later on, the tournament was mainly played in the Black Sea resort Sochi. From 1993...
. In 2011, Areshchenko tied for 1st-5th with Yuriy Kuzubov
Yuriy Kuzubov
Yuriy Kuzubov , is one of the youngest International Grandmasters in the history of chess. As of April 2008, his rating was 2603. He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 7 months, 12 days in 2004...
, Parimarjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi is a chess Grandmaster from India. In July 2005, he earned his third and final International Master norm at the Sort International open chess tournament in Sort, Spain...
, Markus Ragger
Markus Ragger
Markus Ragger is an Austrian chess grandmaster . He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Evgeny Alekseev....
and Ni Hua
Ni Hua
Ni Hua is one of China's top chess grandmasters and is the national team captain. In 2003, he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. On April 2008, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line, after Wang Yue...
in the 9th Parsvnath Open Tournament.