Alexander Anatolyevich Donchenko (; born 22 March 1998) is a German
chess grandmaster. He is the No. 5 ranked German player
Chess career
Born in 1998, Donchenko earned his
international master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
title in 2012 and his
grandmaster title in 2015. In March 2018, he competed in the
European Individual Chess Championship
The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis.
Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's) ...
. He placed 114th, scoring 6/11 (+4–3=4). He participated in the European Championship again in 2019, placing 103rd with 6½/11 (+5–3=3).
Donchenko shared second with
Gata Kamsky at the
Biel Masters in July 2019 with 6½/9 (+5–1=3), half a point behind winner
Amin Tabatabaei. Donchenko competed in the Barcelona Open 2019, held from 27 September to 5 October. He scored 7½/9 (+6–0=3) to take clear-first place.
Donchenko was a late replacement for
Daniil Dubov in the
2021 Tata Steel Masters, as the latter withdrew due to a close associate testing positive for COVID-19. Donchenko placed last in the tournament, with a score of 3½/13 (+0–6=7).
In August 2021, he won the
Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.
In January 2023, Donchenko won
Tata Steel Challengers 2023 with one round to spare, securing him a place in
Tata Steel Masters in 2024.
Personal life
Born in
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
, Donchenko moved to Germany as a young child.
[ He is the son of , an international master.Donchenko, Anatoly FIDE Chess Profile]
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1998 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
German chess players
German people of Russian descent
21st-century Russian chess players
21st-century Russian sportsmen
Chess players from Moscow
Chess Olympiad competitors
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