Alexander Goloshchapov (; 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

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in the

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Spring tournament. In 2002 Goloshchapov won the Dubai Open. In 2004, came 4th in the 73rd

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. He tied for 2nd–7th with

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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

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, Yuri Drozdovskij, Sergey Grigoriants,

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, Vladimir Burmakin and Marcin Szelag in the

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

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, S. P. Sethuraman, and Vaibhav Suri.

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