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Alexander Morozevich
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Russian chess player
Key facts
- Full name
- Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
- Born
- ( 1977-07-18 ) July 18, 1977 (age 48) , Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Country
- Russia
- Title
- Grandmaster (1994)
- Fide rating
- 2654 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2788 (July 2008)
- Ranking
- No. 61 (June 2026)
- Peak ranking
- No. 2 (July 2008)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Maria Fominykh
- Occupation
- Go player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 38th Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- go
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Image
- Alexander Morozevich 2013.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alexander Morozevich
- date of birth
- 1977-07-18
- title of chess person
- International Master
- Elo rating
- 2650
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Морозе́вич, romanized: Aleksandr Sergéevich Morozévich; born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Morozevich is a two-time World Championship candidate (2005, 2007), two-time Russian champion and has represented Russia in seven Chess Olympiads, winning numerous team and board medals.
He has won both the Melody Amber (alone 2002, shared 2004, 2006, 2008) and Biel (2003, 2004, 2006) tournaments several times.
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