1. Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev is a Russian chess grandmaster playing for Slovenia.
14 Facts About Vladimir Fedoseev
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Vladimir Fedoseev is the reigning European champion in Rapid chess and Chess960.
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Vladimir Fedoseev competed in the Chess World Cup in 2015,2017,2021 and 2023.
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In 2011, Vladimir Fedoseev won the under 18 section of the Russian Youth Championships and finished runner-up in the same division at the World Youth Chess Championship.
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In 2012, Vladimir Fedoseev tied for first place with Alexei Shirov in the Paul Keres Memorial rapid tournament in Tallinn, finishing second after playoffs.
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Vladimir Fedoseev won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Individual Chess Championship in Yerevan, therefore qualifying for the 2015 FIDE World Cup.
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In 2016 Vladimir Fedoseev shared first place in the Grenke Chess Open in Karlsruhe, Germany with Matthias Bluebaum, Nikita Vitiugov, Milos Perunovic, Ni Hua, and Francisco Vallejo Pons, taking second place on tiebreak.
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In March 2017 Vladimir Fedoseev came first in the Aeroflot Open.
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In June 2017, Vladimir Fedoseev tied for first place with Maxim Matlakov and Baadur Jobava in the European Individual Championship in Minsk and took the bronze medal on tiebreak.
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Later in the same month, Vladimir Fedoseev was part of the Russian team which won the silver medal in the World Team Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.
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Vladimir Fedoseev was then eliminated from the competition by Wesley So.
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In December 2023, Vladimir Fedoseev competed at World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2023 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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In September 2024, Vladimir Fedoseev defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in 45th Chess Olympiad.
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Vladimir Fedoseev defeated Leinier Dominguez, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Javokhir Sindarov in the knockout phase of the qualifier.