Aleksej Aleksandrov
Alexei Alexandrov (Russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Александров; belarusian Аляксей Аляксандраў / Aljaksej Aljaksandrau; engl Alexei Alexandrov, . Born 11 May 1973) is a Belarusian chess champion of the world elite.
His first international success celebrated Alexandrov 1991, when he ( behind Vladimir Kramnik ) announced in Guarapuava with Konstantin Zakayev second place at the World Youth Championships U18. A year later he was in Terneuzen - Sas van Gent Youth European Championship U20, in the following year finally shared second place ( with Alexander Onischuk ) at the European Youth Championships U18 in Kolding ( by Vladislav Borowikow ). In 1997, FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title. In 2000 he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Saint -Vincent. In the years 1989, 1990, 1996 and 2007, he won the championship of Belarus.
Alexandrov won numerous shared and sole first prizes at international competitions, among aanderem in Nikolayev 1993 ( Zone tournament ), Stockholm 1995 Spasskoye 1996, Minsk 1996 Gistrup 1996 Kstovo 1998, St. Petersburg 2000 chess festival Bad Wörishofen 2001, Dubai 2001, Moscow ( Aeroflot Open 2002 and 2003 ) 2005 Minsk, Saratov, 2007. Warsaw in 2007 Aleksandrov won the European Championship in rapid chess.
Four times he took part in the FIDE World Championship knockout system. 1997 in Groningen, he advanced to the third round where he failed to Zurab Asmaiparaschwili. 1999 in Las Vegas he was defeated in the second round Pyotr Svidler, 2000 in New Delhi, he lost in the third round against Evgeny Bareev, 2004 in Tripoli hit him Hikaru Nakamura in the second round.
Between 1996 and 2006 he took part in the Belarus Chess Olympiads three times and led his team to the first board. At the Olympics 1998 he was awarded the bronze medal for its result on the first board. Between 1992 and 2003, he was four times a member of the national team at the European Team Championships.
He had with 2679 rating points, which he occupied position 23 in the world rankings in January 2004 His highest Elo rating. Current Elo: 2638 (as of March 2011).