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| Full name | Alexander Igorevich Grischuk |
| Country |  Russia |
| Born | October 31, 1983 Moscow, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2736 (No. 14 on the November 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2748 (April 2009) |
- This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
Alexander Grischuk (born October 31, 1983) is a chess grandmaster from Russia.
In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 he made it to the semi finals. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he made it to the quarter finals, where he lost 3-1 to Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
He finished in the top 10 in the 2005 FIDE World Cup, which qualified 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 FIDE World Chess Championship 2007 tournament. In that tournament he scored 5.5 out of 14, placing last in the eight-player field.
Along with being a top-level professional, Grischuk is also known as one of the best blitz chess players in the world, having once held the record for highest rating achieved on the Internet Chess Club. In 2006 he won the World Blitz Championship in Rishon Lezion, Israel with 10.5 points out of 15 games, winning 10 games.
Grischuk is the champion of Linares 2009, winning on tie-break over Vassily Ivanchuk because he had more wins.
Grischuk is married to the Ukrainian WGM Natalia Zhukova.[1]
Notable games
- In the following game, played in 2001, Grischuk crushes one of the world's top players, Evgeny Bareev in only seventeen moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Bb5 Rg8 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. Qh5 Rg7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxe6+ 1-0
Grischuk vs Bareev, 2001
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One possible continuation of the game is:
- 17...Be7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Re1+ Kd6 20. Qxf7 Qd7 21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Re7 winning a queen for a rook.
References
External links
- FIDE rating card for Alexander Grischuk
- Alexander Grischuk player profile at ChessGames.com
- Interview with Alexander Grischuk
| Preceded by Viswanathan Anand |
World Blitz Chess Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Vassily Ivanchuk |
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