1. Alexey Sergeyevich Dreev is a Russian chess player.
10 Facts About Alexey Dreev
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Alexey Dreev was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1989.
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In 2000 Alexey Dreev won the 1st European Blitz Chess Championship in Neum on tiebreak over Ivan Sokolov.
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Alexey Dreev played in the prestigious 2002 match Russia versus Rest of the World and contributed a plus score, although the Russian team went on to lose the match.
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Alexey Dreev was the winner at Dos Hermanas 2001 and at Esbjerg 2003.
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Alexey Dreev won the Magistral Casino de Barcelona round-robin tournament in 2008.
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Alexey Dreev won the European Rapid Chess Championship of 2012 in Warsaw.
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Alexey Dreev knocked out Sergei Azarov and Wang Hao in rounds one and two respectively.
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In January 2016, Alexey Dreev tied with Baskaran Adhiban and Eltaj Safarli for first place in the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament in Wijk aan Zee.
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Alexey Dreev has represented Russia in five Chess Olympiads between 1992 and 2004, with the Russian team winning gold medals in 1992,1994, and 1996, and silver in 2004.