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Alexander Morozevich
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Russian chess player
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Alexander Morozevich is a Russian chess player, Go player, and athlete born on July 18, 1977, in Moscow. He holds the titles of Grandmaster and International Master and has represented Russia in the 31st, 33rd, 34th, and 35th Chess Olympiads. His sports include chess, contract bridge, and go. Morozevich speaks Russian and has an Elo rating of 2788. He is married to Maria Fominykh.
As an author, Morozevich has published works including *The Chigorin Defence according to Morozevich*. While Wikidata lists one work, Crossref records five. Other database entries associate the name Alexander Morozevich with Austrian schlager music and acting, though these appear to refer to a different individual.
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexander Morozevich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.