Alexander Areshchenko (; born June 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian

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player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2002. He has competed in the

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in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2021.

Career

In 2000, Areshchenko won the Under 14 division of the

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s, held in

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, Spain, ahead of future super-grandmaster Wang Yue. He won the Ukrainian Championship in 2005. In 2007 he tied for 2nd–4th with

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in the 5th GibTelecom Chess Festival. In 2009 he tied for 1st–4th with

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, Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Magesh Panchanathan in the

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Mayor Cup, which he won on a tiebreak. In the same year, he tied for first with

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in the

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Jubilee Open tournament and again won the event on a tiebreak. In 2011, Areshchenko tied for 1st–5th with

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and

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in the 9th Parsvnath Open tournament. The following year, he won the

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and the Botvinnik Memorial tournaments, both held in

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, Russia. In 2015, he tied for 1st-5th places with

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and

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in the Masters tournament of the 22nd

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International Chess Festival. In 2016, he won the 20th Open International Bavarian Championship in

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, Germany. In 2017 he tied for 4th-14th places at the

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. Playing for Ukraine, Areshchenko has won the team bronze medal at the

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in 2011 and 2013, and an individual silver medal in the

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in 2007. In 2017, Areshchenko announced that he was retiring from chess. He has continued to play in leagues and tournaments since then.

Sample game

*White:

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*Black: Alexander Areshchenko 2005, Russian team championships
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e5 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 O-O 8.Nbc3 a6 9.O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.h3 Re8 13.g4 Nb6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nfd7 16.Qd2 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.exd5 (''diagram'') e4 20.Nc3 Bxa3 21.Nxe4 Qa8 22.Nc5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.b4 a5 26.bxa5 Qd5 27.Qd3 b4 28.a6 h5 29.Bf4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Ra8 31.Re1 Bb2 32.Re4 b3 33.Qf3 Bxd4 34.Bc1 Qc6 35.Ba3 b2 36.Bxb2 Bxb2 37.Qe2 Bf6 38.a7 g5 39.Qe3 Kg7 40.Rb4 Qd7 (0-1)

References

External links

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Alexander Areschenko
team chess record at Olimpbase.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Areshchenko, Alexander 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Luhansk Chess Grandmasters Ukrainian chess players World Youth Chess Champions