1. Alexander Igorevich Grischuk was born on October 31,1983 and is a Russian chess grandmaster.
22 Facts About Alexander Grischuk
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Alexander Grischuk is a three-time world blitz chess champion.
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Alexander Grischuk has competed in five Candidates Tournaments: in 2007,2011,2013,2018 and 2020.
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Alexander Grischuk reached the semifinals of the 2000 FIDE World Championship.
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Alexander Grischuk holds three team gold medals, one team silver and individual gold, two silver and one bronze from the World Team Chess Championship.
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In 1996, Alexander Grischuk finished in 21st place in the Boys Under-14 section of the World Youth Festival and tied for third place in the same section of the Disney Rapid Chess Championships.
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In January 1999, Alexander Grischuk tied for 13th at the Hotel Anibal Open, defeating third seed Artashes Minasian in the third round.
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Alexander Grischuk 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.
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Alexander Grischuk's success gave him his first appearance in the FIDE Top 100 at 78th, with 2606 and third top Junior in July 2000.
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Alexander Grischuk claimed individual bronze medal for his second reserve board result at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.
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Alexander Grischuk won his matches against Vladimir Malakhov and Sergei Rublevsky, to advance to the eight-player 2007 FIDE World Chess Championship.
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Alexander Grischuk played in the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London from 15 March to 1 April.
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In February 2017 Alexander 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.
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In December 2017, Alexander Grischuk won the men's Basque chess event of the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China.
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In late May 2019, Alexander Grischuk participated in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the 2020 World Chess Championship.
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Alexander Grischuk was defeated by compatriot GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in rapid tiebreaks during the tournament finale.
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Alexander Grischuk then reached the semi-finals at Riga, and won the Hamburg tournament, for a total of 20 Grand Prix points.
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Alexander Grischuk was confirmed as a qualifier for the Candidates Tournament 2020 after the second day of the Jerusalem Grand Prix.
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From March 16 to March 26 2020, Alexander Grischuk played the Candidates Tournament, interrupted by FIDE after round 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alexander Grischuk won his second World Blitz Championship in 2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with 20 points out of 30 games.
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Alexander Grischuk was formerly married to Ukrainian chess grandmaster Natalia Zhukova.
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Alexander Grischuk is married to Ukrainian-Russian grandmaster Kateryna Lagno and they have three children together.