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[[File:Grischuk,Alexandr 1992 Duisburg.jpg|thumb|left|Alexander Grischuk in 1992 at [[Duisburg]], <br />2nd at the World Chess Championship under 10]] |
[[File:Grischuk,Alexandr 1992 Duisburg.jpg|thumb|left|Alexander Grischuk in 1992 at [[Duisburg]], <br />2nd at the World Chess Championship under 10]] |
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===1996=== |
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In 1996, Grischuk finished in 21st place in the Boys Under-14 section of the [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Youth Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic104.html|title=The Week in Chess 104|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> and tied for third place in the same section of the [[Disney]] [[Rapid Chess]] Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic110.html|title=The Week in Chess 110|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
In 1996, Grischuk finished in 21st place in the Boys Under-14 section of the [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Youth Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic104.html|title=The Week in Chess 104|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> and tied for third place in the same section of the [[Disney]] [[Rapid Chess]] Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic110.html|title=The Week in Chess 110|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
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===1998=== |
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By January 1998 Grischuk had become a [[FIDE Master]], finished 24th in the Moscow leg of the Russian Cup with 6/9, and finished 18th at Nizhnij Novgorod.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic169.html|title=The Week in Chess 169|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic193.html|title=The Week in Chess 193|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He finished 44th in his first [[Russian Chess Championship]], scoring 5/11 points,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic196.html|title=The Week in Chess 196|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> and was International Master and rating favourite when he tied for 8th place at the Boys Under 16 section of the World Youth Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic209.html#13|title=The Week in Chess 209|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
By January 1998 Grischuk had become a [[FIDE Master]], finished 24th in the Moscow leg of the Russian Cup with 6/9, and finished 18th at Nizhnij Novgorod.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic169.html|title=The Week in Chess 169|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic193.html|title=The Week in Chess 193|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He finished 44th in his first [[Russian Chess Championship]], scoring 5/11 points,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic196.html|title=The Week in Chess 196|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> and was International Master and rating favourite when he tied for 8th place at the Boys Under 16 section of the World Youth Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic209.html#13|title=The Week in Chess 209|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
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===1999=== |
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In January 1999, Grischuk tied for 13th at the Hotel Anibal Open, defeating third seed [[Artashes Minasian]] in the third round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic219.html|title=The Week in Chess 219|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He started strongly at the Hotel Ubeda Open but slipped to tie for 7th place with 6.5/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic221.html#6|title=The Week in Chess 221|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> At Bled Open in March he finished 9th with 6/9 and at the [[Biel Chess Festival|Biel MTO Open]] in July finished 11th with 7/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic229.html#5|title=The Week in Chess 229|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic247.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 247|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> At the Porto San Giorgio Grischuk finished 4th with 6.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic251.html#11|title=The Week in Chess 251|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> In November 1999, Grischuk scored 7/9 to share first place with [[Sergey Volkov (chess player)|Sergei Volkov]] at the Chigorin Memorial.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/11/29/chess/94a2ca16-8833-4ea1-8ac5-2ef210444836/|title=CHESS|last=Kavalek|first=Lubomir|date=1999-11-29|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-01-05|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic262.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 262|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He made four draws as reserve board at the [[European Team Chess Championship|European Team Championship]] held in Batumi then was knocked out of the Russian Championship in the quarterfinals by [[Alexei Bezgodov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic265.html|title=The Week in Chess 265|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic268.html|title=The Week in Chess 268|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
In January 1999, Grischuk tied for 13th at the Hotel Anibal Open, defeating third seed [[Artashes Minasian]] in the third round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic219.html|title=The Week in Chess 219|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He started strongly at the Hotel Ubeda Open but slipped to tie for 7th place with 6.5/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic221.html#6|title=The Week in Chess 221|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> At Bled Open in March he finished 9th with 6/9 and at the [[Biel Chess Festival|Biel MTO Open]] in July finished 11th with 7/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic229.html#5|title=The Week in Chess 229|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic247.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 247|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> At the Porto San Giorgio Grischuk finished 4th with 6.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic251.html#11|title=The Week in Chess 251|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> In November 1999, Grischuk scored 7/9 to share first place with [[Sergey Volkov (chess player)|Sergei Volkov]] at the Chigorin Memorial.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/11/29/chess/94a2ca16-8833-4ea1-8ac5-2ef210444836/|title=CHESS|last=Kavalek|first=Lubomir|date=1999-11-29|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-01-05|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic262.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 262|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He made four draws as reserve board at the [[European Team Chess Championship|European Team Championship]] held in Batumi then was knocked out of the Russian Championship in the quarterfinals by [[Alexei Bezgodov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic265.html|title=The Week in Chess 265|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic268.html|title=The Week in Chess 268|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Grischuk made his first Grandmaster norm in January 2000 at the Hotel Ubeda Open scoring 7/10 for 4th place then placed 4th at the Reykjavik Open, scoring 6.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic273.html|title=The Week in Chess 273|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic284.html#7|title=The Week in Chess 284|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> At the New York Open he finished 10th with 6.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic288.html|title=The Week in Chess 288|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> In June 2000, he won the Lausanne Young Masters, defeating [[Ruslan Ponomariov]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic291.html#3|title=The Week in Chess 291|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> His success gave him his first appearance in the FIDE Top 100 at 78th, with 2606 and third top Junior in July 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic295.html|title=The Week in Chess 295|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> Grischuk finished 4th on tiebreaks with 5/9 at the North Sea Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic297.html|title=The Week in Chess 297|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> Now a Grandmaster, he finished third with 6/11 at the 4th Russian Cup Final in Elista and won the Torshavn International in October on tiebreak with Ponomariov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic304.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 304|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic310.html#12|title=The Week in Chess 310|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He claimed individual bronze medal for his second reserve board result at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic314.html|title=The Week in Chess 314|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> In the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2000|2000 FIDE World Chess Championship]], Grischuk reached the semifinals, losing to [[Alexei Shirov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic318.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 318|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
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===2000=== |
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⚫ | Grischuk made his first Grandmaster norm in January 2000 at the Hotel Ubeda Open scoring 7/10 for 4th place then placed 4th at the Reykjavik Open, scoring 6.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic273.html|title=The Week in Chess 273|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic284.html#7|title=The Week in Chess 284|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> At the New York Open he finished 10th with 6.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic288.html|title=The Week in Chess 288|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> In June 2000, he won the Lausanne Young Masters, defeating [[Ruslan Ponomariov]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic291.html#3|title=The Week in Chess 291|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> His success gave him his first appearance in the FIDE Top 100 at 78th, with 2606 and third top Junior in July 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic295.html|title=The Week in Chess 295|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> Grischuk finished 4th on tiebreaks with 5/9 at the North Sea Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic297.html|title=The Week in Chess 297|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> Now a Grandmaster, he finished third with 6/11 at the 4th Russian Cup Final in Elista and won the Torshavn International in October on tiebreak with Ponomariov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic304.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 304|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic310.html#12|title=The Week in Chess 310|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> He claimed individual bronze medal for his second reserve board result at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic314.html|title=The Week in Chess 314|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
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In the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2000|2000 FIDE World Chess Championship]], Grischuk reached the semifinals, losing to [[Alexei Shirov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic318.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 318|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> |
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===2001=== |
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In September 2001, Grischuk scored 4/6 at the inaugural Russia-Chess Summit. In January 2002, he finished second at his first [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament|Corus]] event with 8.5/13, half a point behind [[Evgeny Bareev]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=65&type=standings|title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess|website=www.tatasteelchess.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> |
In September 2001, Grischuk scored 4/6 at the inaugural Russia-Chess Summit. In January 2002, he finished second at his first [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament|Corus]] event with 8.5/13, half a point behind [[Evgeny Bareev]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=65&type=standings|title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess|website=www.tatasteelchess.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> |
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===2004=== |
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In the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2004|2004 FIDE World Chess Championship]] he made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost 3−1 to eventual champion [[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]. Also he shared 1st place in the traditional tournament at Poikovsky (with Sergey Rublevsky); 2nd place at the Russian Championship (behind Kasparov).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/alexander-grischuk-procrastination-is-definitely-the-main-factor|title=Grischuk: "Procrastination is definitely the main factor"|publisher=chess24.com|date=22 May 2020}}</ref> |
In the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2004|2004 FIDE World Chess Championship]] he made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost 3−1 to eventual champion [[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]. Also he shared 1st place in the traditional tournament at Poikovsky (with Sergey Rublevsky); 2nd place at the Russian Championship (behind Kasparov).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/alexander-grischuk-procrastination-is-definitely-the-main-factor|title=Grischuk: "Procrastination is definitely the main factor"|publisher=chess24.com|date=22 May 2020}}</ref> |
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[[File:grvdk.jpg|thumb|Alexander Grischuk in 2005]] |
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===2005=== |
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Grischuk finished in the top 10 in the [[Chess World Cup 2005|2005 FIDE World Cup]], qualifying him for the 2007 [[Candidates Tournament]] in May–June 2007. He won his matches against [[Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)|Vladimir Malakhov]] (+2 −0 =3) and [[Sergei Rublevsky]] (tied at +1 −1 =4, winning the rapid playoff +2 −0 =1), to advance to the eight-player [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2007|2007 FIDE World Chess Championship]]. In that tournament he scored 5½ out of 14, placing last in the eight-player field. |
Grischuk finished in the top 10 in the [[Chess World Cup 2005|2005 FIDE World Cup]], qualifying him for the 2007 [[Candidates Tournament]] in May–June 2007. He won his matches against [[Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)|Vladimir Malakhov]] (+2 −0 =3) and [[Sergei Rublevsky]] (tied at +1 −1 =4, winning the rapid playoff +2 −0 =1), to advance to the eight-player [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2007|2007 FIDE World Chess Championship]]. In that tournament he scored 5½ out of 14, placing last in the eight-player field. |
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===2009=== |
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In 2009, Grischuk won the [[Russian Chess Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009 |title=Russian Championships Information 2009 |publisher=Chess.co.uk |access-date=1 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821115657/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009 |archive-date=21 August 2011 }}</ref> Later that year he won the [[Linares chess tournament|Linares]] tournament on tiebreak over [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]] after being invited as replacement for [[Veselin Topalov]], who was in the [[World Chess Championship 2010|Challenger's Match]] against Gata Kamsky. |
In 2009, Grischuk won the [[Russian Chess Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009 |title=Russian Championships Information 2009 |publisher=Chess.co.uk |access-date=1 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821115657/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009 |archive-date=21 August 2011 }}</ref> Later that year he won the [[Linares chess tournament|Linares]] tournament on tiebreak over [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]] after being invited as replacement for [[Veselin Topalov]], who was in the [[World Chess Championship 2010|Challenger's Match]] against Gata Kamsky. |
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===2010=== |
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In 2010, he finished second to Topalov in Linares. |
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===2011=== |
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Grischuk finished third in the 2008-10 [[FIDE Grand Prix 2008-2010|FIDE Grand Prix]], qualifying him as the first alternate for the [[Candidates Tournament]] of the 2012 [[World Chess Championship 2012|World Chess Championship]] cycle. Upon the withdrawal of world No. 2 [[Magnus Carlsen]] from the candidates tournament, Grischuk was appointed to take his place.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6799 Grischuk to replace Carlsen in the Candidates]</ref> In the 2011 candidates tournament, Grischuk was seeded 6th out of eight players, and faced [[Levon Aronian]] in the first round. After splitting the four regular games 2–2, Grischuk won the rapid playoff 2½–1½ to advance to the semifinals, where he faced world No. 4 and former World Champion [[Vladimir Kramnik]]. Grischuk won the blitz playoff by 1½–½ to advance to the final, where he faced 2009 Chess World Cup winner [[Boris Gelfand]] for the right to play [[Viswanathan Anand]] for the World Championship. After five draws, Gelfand won the final game to win the match, 3½–2½. |
Grischuk finished third in the 2008-10 [[FIDE Grand Prix 2008-2010|FIDE Grand Prix]], qualifying him as the first alternate for the [[Candidates Tournament]] of the 2012 [[World Chess Championship 2012|World Chess Championship]] cycle. Upon the withdrawal of world No. 2 [[Magnus Carlsen]] from the candidates tournament, Grischuk was appointed to take his place.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6799 Grischuk to replace Carlsen in the Candidates]</ref> In the 2011 candidates tournament, Grischuk was seeded 6th out of eight players, and faced [[Levon Aronian]] in the first round. After splitting the four regular games 2–2, Grischuk won the rapid playoff 2½–1½ to advance to the semifinals, where he faced world No. 4 and former World Champion [[Vladimir Kramnik]]. Grischuk won the blitz playoff by 1½–½ to advance to the final, where he faced 2009 Chess World Cup winner [[Boris Gelfand]] for the right to play [[Viswanathan Anand]] for the World Championship. After five draws, Gelfand won the final game to win the match, 3½–2½. |
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⚫ | Grischuk played in the [[World Chess Championship 2013#Candidates Tournament|2013 Candidates Tournament]] in [[London]] from 15 March to 1 April. He finished sixth, with a score of 6½/14 (+1=11-2).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://london2013.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=2|title=Tournament standings|publisher=FIDE|access-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> In November 2014 he took first place with 5½/7 at the Tashir Chess Tournament in memory of [[Tigran Petrosian]] in Moscow. This enabled him to cross the 2800 [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] mark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/8391-vladimir-kramnik-pursues-alexander-grischuk-at-the-finish-of-the-international-tashir-chess-tournament-in-memory-of-tigran-petrosian-.html|title=Alexander Grischuk wins the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in Memory of Tigran Petrosian|publisher=FIDE|access-date=27 November 2014|archive-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126224949/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/8391-vladimir-kramnik-pursues-alexander-grischuk-at-the-finish-of-the-international-tashir-chess-tournament-in-memory-of-tigran-petrosian-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chess-news.ru/en/node/17259|title=Petrosian Memorial, Rd. 7. Kramnik: "Grischuk is in brilliant shape"|date=2014-11-11|website=chess-news.ru|access-date=2017-08-09}}</ref> |
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===2013=== |
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⚫ | In July 2016, Grischuk won a four-game match against [[Ding Liren]] in [[Wenzhou]], 2½–1½.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-grischuk-wins-match-against-ding-liren|title=Alexander Grischuk wins match against Ding Liren|last=Fischer|first=Johannes|date=2016-07-25|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-08-09}}</ref> In February 2017 Grischuk tied for first place with [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] and [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] in the first event of the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2017|FIDE Grand Prix series]], held in [[Sharjah]], UAE, taking first place on tiebreak.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10045-sharjah-grand-prix-round-grischuk-wins.html|title=Alexander Grischuk wins Sharjah Grand Prix on tie-break|last=GU|website=www.fide.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-03-01|archive-date=2017-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301181631/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10045-sharjah-grand-prix-round-grischuk-wins.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alexander_grischuk_wins_fide_grand_prix_in_sharjah/|title=Alexander Grischuk wins FIDE Grand Prix in Sharjah|date=2017-02-27|work=Russian Chess Federation|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/grischuk-wins-sharjah-fide-grand-prix|title=Grischuk wins Sharjah FIDE Grand Prix|last=Silver|first=Albert|date=2017-02-28|website=Chess News|access-date=2017-03-01|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> In July 2017, he beat [[Yu Yangyi]] 3–1 in the China-Russia Chess Grandmaster Summit Match held in [[Jiayuguan City|Jiayuguan]], China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-grischuk-beats-yu-yangyi-3-1-in-match|title=Grischuk beats Yu 3-1 in Russia-China match|last=Liang|first=Ziming|date=2017-07-25|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chess24.com/en/read/news/grischuk-storms-to-victory-over-yu-yangyi|title=Grischuk storms to victory over Yu Yangyi|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=2017-07-25|website=chess24.com|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> |
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Grischuk played in the [[World Chess Championship 2013#Candidates Tournament|2013 Candidates Tournament]] in [[London]] from 15 March to 1 April. He finished sixth, with a score of 6½/14 (+1=11-2).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://london2013.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=2|title=Tournament standings|publisher=FIDE|access-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> |
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===2014=== |
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⚫ | In November 2014 he took first place with 5½/7 at the Tashir Chess Tournament in memory of [[Tigran Petrosian]] in Moscow. This enabled him to cross the 2800 [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] mark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/8391-vladimir-kramnik-pursues-alexander-grischuk-at-the-finish-of-the-international-tashir-chess-tournament-in-memory-of-tigran-petrosian-.html|title=Alexander Grischuk wins the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in Memory of Tigran Petrosian|publisher=FIDE|access-date=27 November 2014|archive-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126224949/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/8391-vladimir-kramnik-pursues-alexander-grischuk-at-the-finish-of-the-international-tashir-chess-tournament-in-memory-of-tigran-petrosian-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chess-news.ru/en/node/17259|title=Petrosian Memorial, Rd. 7. Kramnik: "Grischuk is in brilliant shape"|date=2014-11-11|website=chess-news.ru|access-date=2017-08-09}}</ref> |
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===2016=== |
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In July 2016, Grischuk won a four-game match against [[Ding Liren]] in [[Wenzhou]], 2½–1½.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-grischuk-wins-match-against-ding-liren|title=Alexander Grischuk wins match against Ding Liren|last=Fischer|first=Johannes|date=2016-07-25|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-08-09}}</ref> |
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===2017=== |
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⚫ | In February 2017 Grischuk tied for first place with [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] and [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] in the first event of the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2017|FIDE Grand Prix series]], held in [[Sharjah]], UAE, taking first place on tiebreak.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10045-sharjah-grand-prix-round-grischuk-wins.html|title=Alexander Grischuk wins Sharjah Grand Prix on tie-break|last=GU|website=www.fide.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-03-01|archive-date=2017-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301181631/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10045-sharjah-grand-prix-round-grischuk-wins.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alexander_grischuk_wins_fide_grand_prix_in_sharjah/|title=Alexander Grischuk wins FIDE Grand Prix in Sharjah|date=2017-02-27|work=Russian Chess Federation|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/grischuk-wins-sharjah-fide-grand-prix|title=Grischuk wins Sharjah FIDE Grand Prix|last=Silver|first=Albert|date=2017-02-28|website=Chess News|access-date=2017-03-01|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> In July 2017, he beat [[Yu Yangyi]] 3–1 in the China-Russia Chess Grandmaster Summit Match held in [[Jiayuguan City|Jiayuguan]], China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-grischuk-beats-yu-yangyi-3-1-in-match|title=Grischuk beats Yu 3-1 in Russia-China match|last=Liang|first=Ziming|date=2017-07-25|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chess24.com/en/read/news/grischuk-storms-to-victory-over-yu-yangyi|title=Grischuk storms to victory over Yu Yangyi|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=2017-07-25|website=chess24.com|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> |
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In December, Grischuk won the men's [[Basque chess]] event of the [[World Mind Sports Games|IMSA Elite Mind Games]] in [[Huai'an]], China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10565-2017-imsa-elite-mind-games-grischuk-and-zhao-xue-won-basque.html|title=2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games: Grischuk and Zhao Xue won Basque|date=2017-12-14|website=FIDE|access-date=2018-01-07|archive-date=2018-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192453/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10565-2017-imsa-elite-mind-games-grischuk-and-zhao-xue-won-basque.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
In December, Grischuk won the men's [[Basque chess]] event of the [[World Mind Sports Games|IMSA Elite Mind Games]] in [[Huai'an]], China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10565-2017-imsa-elite-mind-games-grischuk-and-zhao-xue-won-basque.html|title=2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games: Grischuk and Zhao Xue won Basque|date=2017-12-14|website=FIDE|access-date=2018-01-07|archive-date=2018-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192453/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10565-2017-imsa-elite-mind-games-grischuk-and-zhao-xue-won-basque.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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===2019=== |
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In late May, Grischuk participated in the Moscow [[FIDE Grand Prix 2019#Events Results|FIDE Grand Prix]] tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the [[World Chess Championship 2020|2020 World Chess Championship]]. The tournament was a 16-player event. Grischuk was defeated by compatriot GM [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] in rapid tiebreaks during the tournament finale. By finishing second in the tournament, Grischuk netted 7 Grand Prix points.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/nepomniachtchi-wins-2019-moscow-fide-grand-prix|title =Nepomniachtchi Wins Moscow FIDE Grand Prix|first =Peter|last =Doggers|website =Chess.com|date =29 May 2019}}</ref> Grischuk then reached the semi-finals at Riga, and won the Hamburg tournament, for a total of 20 Grand Prix points.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/grischuk-wins-2019-hamburg-fide-grand-prix|title =Grischuk Wins Hamburg Grand Prix, Almost Certain Of Candidates Qualification|first =Peter|last =Doggers|website =Chess.com|date =18 November 2019}}</ref> He was confirmed as a qualifier for the [[Candidates Tournament 2020]] after the second day of the Jerusalem Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-jerusalem-fide-grand-prix-day-2|title =Grischuk Earns Candidates Spot After Jerusalem Grand Prix Draws|first =Isaac|last =Steincamp|website =Chess.com|date =12 December 2019}}</ref> |
In late May, Grischuk participated in the Moscow [[FIDE Grand Prix 2019#Events Results|FIDE Grand Prix]] tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the [[World Chess Championship 2020|2020 World Chess Championship]]. The tournament was a 16-player event. Grischuk was defeated by compatriot GM [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] in rapid tiebreaks during the tournament finale. By finishing second in the tournament, Grischuk netted 7 Grand Prix points.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/nepomniachtchi-wins-2019-moscow-fide-grand-prix|title =Nepomniachtchi Wins Moscow FIDE Grand Prix|first =Peter|last =Doggers|website =Chess.com|date =29 May 2019}}</ref> Grischuk then reached the semi-finals at Riga, and won the Hamburg tournament, for a total of 20 Grand Prix points.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/grischuk-wins-2019-hamburg-fide-grand-prix|title =Grischuk Wins Hamburg Grand Prix, Almost Certain Of Candidates Qualification|first =Peter|last =Doggers|website =Chess.com|date =18 November 2019}}</ref> He was confirmed as a qualifier for the [[Candidates Tournament 2020]] after the second day of the Jerusalem Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-jerusalem-fide-grand-prix-day-2|title =Grischuk Earns Candidates Spot After Jerusalem Grand Prix Draws|first =Isaac|last =Steincamp|website =Chess.com|date =12 December 2019}}</ref> |
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⚫ | From March 16th to 26th Grischuk played Candidates Tournament, interrupted by FIDE after 7th day due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/462|title= FIDE stops the Candidates Tournament|date= 26 March 2020|access-date = 26 March 2020|website=Fide.com}}</ref> At the time of the interruption he was one point behind the leading pair made up of his compatriot Ian Nepomniachtchi and the French Grandmaster [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]. From April 19th to 27th 2021 Grischuk played again at the Candidates Tournament, resumed by FIDE after more than a year. He concluded in sixth place, with 7 points out of 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidates-2020-r8-2|title=Candidates R14: Three decisive results|access-date=28 April 2021|website=Chessbase.com|date=27 April 2021 }}</ref> Through February and March 2022, Grischuk played in the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2022]]. In the first leg, he placed third in Pool A with a 3/6 result. In the second leg, he finished fourth in Pool A with a result of 2/6, finishing 22nd in the standings with two points. |
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===2020=== |
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⚫ | From March 16th to 26th Grischuk played Candidates Tournament, interrupted by FIDE after 7th day due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/462|title= FIDE stops the Candidates Tournament|date= 26 March 2020|access-date = 26 March 2020|website=Fide.com}}</ref> At the time of the interruption he was one point behind the leading pair made up of his compatriot Ian Nepomniachtchi and the French Grandmaster [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]. |
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===2021=== |
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From April 19th to 27th Grischuk played again at the Candidates Tournament, resumed by FIDE after more than a year. He concluded in sixth place, with 7 points out of 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidates-2020-r8-2|title=Candidates R14: Three decisive results|access-date=28 April 2021|website=Chessbase.com|date=27 April 2021 }}</ref> |
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=== 2022 === |
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Through February and March 2022, Grischuk played in the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2022]]. In the first leg, he placed third in Pool A with a 3/6 result. In the second leg, he finished fourth in Pool A with a result of 2/6, finishing 22nd in the standings with two points. |
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== Team results == |
== Team results == |
Revision as of 15:45, 21 December 2023
Alexander Grischuk | |
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Full name | Alexander Igorevich Grischuk |
Country | Russia |
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | October 31, 1983
Title | Grandmaster (2000) |
FIDE rating | 2689 (December 2024) |
Peak rating | 2810 (December 2014) |
Ranking | No. 41 (December 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 3 (May 2014) |
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk[a] (born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion (in 2006, 2012 and 2015).
He has competed in five Candidates Tournaments: in 2007, 2011 (when he reached the final), 2013, 2018 and 2020. He also reached the semifinals of the 2000 FIDE World Championship.
Grischuk has won two team gold medals, three team silvers, one team bronze, and one individual bronze medal at Chess Olympiads.[2] He also holds three team gold medals, one team silver and individual gold, two silver and one bronze from the World Team Chess Championship.[3]
Chess career
In 1996, Grischuk finished in 21st place in the Boys Under-14 section of the World Youth Festival[4] and tied for third place in the same section of the Disney Rapid Chess Championships.[5]
By January 1998 Grischuk had become a FIDE Master, finished 24th in the Moscow leg of the Russian Cup with 6/9, and finished 18th at Nizhnij Novgorod.[6][7] He finished 44th in his first Russian Chess Championship, scoring 5/11 points,[8] and was International Master and rating favourite when he tied for 8th place at the Boys Under 16 section of the World Youth Championships.[9]
In January 1999, Grischuk tied for 13th at the Hotel Anibal Open, defeating third seed Artashes Minasian in the third round.[10] He started strongly at the Hotel Ubeda Open but slipped to tie for 7th place with 6.5/10.[11] At Bled Open in March he finished 9th with 6/9 and at the Biel MTO Open in July finished 11th with 7/10.[12][13] At the Porto San Giorgio Grischuk finished 4th with 6.5/9.[14] In November 1999, Grischuk scored 7/9 to share first place with Sergei Volkov at the Chigorin Memorial.[15][16] He made four draws as reserve board at the European Team Championship held in Batumi then was knocked out of the Russian Championship in the quarterfinals by Alexei Bezgodov.[17][18]
Grischuk made his first Grandmaster norm in January 2000 at the Hotel Ubeda Open scoring 7/10 for 4th place then placed 4th at the Reykjavik Open, scoring 6.5/9.[19][20] At the New York Open he finished 10th with 6.5/9.[21] In June 2000, he won the Lausanne Young Masters, defeating Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.[22] His success gave him his first appearance in the FIDE Top 100 at 78th, with 2606 and third top Junior in July 2000.[23] Grischuk finished 4th on tiebreaks with 5/9 at the North Sea Cup.[24] Now a Grandmaster, he finished third with 6/11 at the 4th Russian Cup Final in Elista and won the Torshavn International in October on tiebreak with Ponomariov.[25][26] He claimed individual bronze medal for his second reserve board result at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.[27] In the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, Grischuk reached the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov.[28]
In September 2001, Grischuk scored 4/6 at the inaugural Russia-Chess Summit. In January 2002, he finished second at his first Corus event with 8.5/13, half a point behind Evgeny Bareev.[29]
In the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship he made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost 3−1 to eventual champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Also he shared 1st place in the traditional tournament at Poikovsky (with Sergey Rublevsky); 2nd place at the Russian Championship (behind Kasparov).[30]
Grischuk finished in the top 10 in the 2005 FIDE World Cup, qualifying him for the 2007 Candidates Tournament in May–June 2007. He won his matches against Vladimir Malakhov (+2 −0 =3) and Sergei Rublevsky (tied at +1 −1 =4, winning the rapid playoff +2 −0 =1), to advance to the eight-player 2007 FIDE World Chess Championship. In that tournament he scored 5½ out of 14, placing last in the eight-player field.
In 2009, Grischuk won the Russian Chess Championship.[31] Later that year he won the Linares tournament on tiebreak over Vasyl Ivanchuk after being invited as replacement for Veselin Topalov, who was in the Challenger's Match against Gata Kamsky.
Grischuk finished third in the 2008-10 FIDE Grand Prix, qualifying him as the first alternate for the Candidates Tournament of the 2012 World Chess Championship cycle. Upon the withdrawal of world No. 2 Magnus Carlsen from the candidates tournament, Grischuk was appointed to take his place.[32] In the 2011 candidates tournament, Grischuk was seeded 6th out of eight players, and faced Levon Aronian in the first round. After splitting the four regular games 2–2, Grischuk won the rapid playoff 2½–1½ to advance to the semifinals, where he faced world No. 4 and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Grischuk won the blitz playoff by 1½–½ to advance to the final, where he faced 2009 Chess World Cup winner Boris Gelfand for the right to play Viswanathan Anand for the World Championship. After five draws, Gelfand won the final game to win the match, 3½–2½.
Grischuk played in the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London from 15 March to 1 April. He finished sixth, with a score of 6½/14 (+1=11-2).[33] In November 2014 he took first place with 5½/7 at the Tashir Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian in Moscow. This enabled him to cross the 2800 Elo rating mark.[34][35]
In July 2016, Grischuk won a four-game match against Ding Liren in Wenzhou, 2½–1½.[36] In February 2017 Grischuk tied for first place with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first event of the FIDE Grand Prix series, held in Sharjah, UAE, taking first place on tiebreak.[37][38][39] In July 2017, he beat Yu Yangyi 3–1 in the China-Russia Chess Grandmaster Summit Match held in Jiayuguan, China.[40][41]
In December, Grischuk won the men's Basque chess event of the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China.[42]
In late May, Grischuk participated in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the 2020 World Chess Championship. The tournament was a 16-player event. Grischuk was defeated by compatriot GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in rapid tiebreaks during the tournament finale. By finishing second in the tournament, Grischuk netted 7 Grand Prix points.[43] Grischuk then reached the semi-finals at Riga, and won the Hamburg tournament, for a total of 20 Grand Prix points.[44] He was confirmed as a qualifier for the Candidates Tournament 2020 after the second day of the Jerusalem Grand Prix.[45]
From March 16th to 26th Grischuk played Candidates Tournament, interrupted by FIDE after 7th day due to COVID-19 pandemic.[46] At the time of the interruption he was one point behind the leading pair made up of his compatriot Ian Nepomniachtchi and the French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. From April 19th to 27th 2021 Grischuk played again at the Candidates Tournament, resumed by FIDE after more than a year. He concluded in sixth place, with 7 points out of 14.[47] Through February and March 2022, Grischuk played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he placed third in Pool A with a 3/6 result. In the second leg, he finished fourth in Pool A with a result of 2/6, finishing 22nd in the standings with two points.
Team results
Chess Olympiads
Olympiad | Individual result | Team result |
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Istanbul 2000 | 7.5/10 (Bronze) | Gold |
Bled 2002 | 7/11 (18th) | Gold |
Calvia 2004 | 6.5/11 (30th) | Silver |
Turin 2006 | 7/11 (25th) | 6th |
Dresden 2008 | 4.5/8 (10th) | 5th |
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 | 6/9 (4th) | Silver |
Istanbul 2012 | 7/11 (5th) | Silver |
Tromso 2014 | 6/9 (10th) | 4th |
Baku 2016 | 6.5/9 | Bronze |
Blitz chess
In 2006 Grischuk won the World Blitz Chess Championship in Rishon Lezion, Israel, with 10½/15.[48] He won his second World Blitz Championship in 2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with 20 points out of 30 games.[49] In October 2015, Grischuk won the World Blitz Championship for the third time in Berlin with a score of 15½/21, half a point ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vladimir Kramnik.[50]
In 2023, he won Tata Steel India Blitz open ahead of joint second place finishers Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu.[51]
Personal life
Grischuk was formerly married to Ukrainian chess grandmaster Natalia Zhukova.[52] He is now married to Ukrainian-Russian grandmaster Kateryna Lagno and they have three children together.[53] They are considered to be the strongest chess couple in the world.
Notes
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External links
- Alexander Grischuk rating card at FIDE
- Alexander Grischuk player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Alexander Grischuk chess games at 365Chess.com
- Alexander Grischuk player profile at Chess.com
- Alexander Grischuk member profile at the Internet Chess Club
- Interview with Alexander Grischuk