Alexander Goloshchapov ( uk, Олександр Голощапов; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian

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player and trainer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by

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in 1999.

Career

In 2001 he tied for 1st–3rd with Alexander Riazantsev and

Teimour Radjabov Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; az, Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov, ; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster, ranked number 18 in the world A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster ...

in the

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Spring tournament. In 2002 Goloshchapov won the

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. In 2004, came 4th in the 73rd

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. He tied for 2nd–7th with

Friso Nijboer Friso Nijboer (born May 26, 1965) is a Dutch chess player. He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996. Nijboer won the Vlissingen Chess Tournament in 2002 and 2005, and won the 3rd Nancy Chess Festival in 2005. He participated in six Chess O ...

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, Michail Brodsky,

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and Ian Rogers in the Essent Open 2005. In 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with

Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov ( az, Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov , was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was a noted player of blitz chess. At his peak ranking, he ...

Sergei Azarov Sergei Nikolayevich Azarov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Николаевич Азаров; be, Сяргей Мікалаевіч Азараў, ''Siarhiej Mikalajevič Azaraŭ''; born 19 May 1983) is a Belarusian chess player. He was award ...

Yuri Drozdovskij Yuri Drozdovskij (, born 22 May 1984 in Odesa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande in 2007. Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to Pav ...

Sergey Grigoriants Sergey Mikhailovich Grigoriants (russian: Сергей Михайлович Григорьянц; born 2 November 1983) is a Russian chess player, who was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2003. Chess career Grigoriants won the U14 sect ...

Krishnan Sasikiran Krishnan Sasikiran (Tamil: கிருஷ்ணன் சசிகிரண்; born 7 January 1981) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He was one of Viswanathan Anand's seconds in the World Chess Championship 2013. Chess career Born in Madra ...

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and

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in the

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tournament. In 2015 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Goloshchapov has trained, among others,

Parimarjan Negi Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time. As of July 2021, h ...

, S. P. Sethuraman, and

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References

External links

Alexander Goloshchapov
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1978 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess coaches Ukrainian chess players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub