Alexander Graf (''né'' Nenashev; born 25 August 1962) is an Uzbekistani-German
chess
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Uzbekistani Chess Champion The Uzbekistani Chess Championship is a chess tournament held in Uzbekistan. Winners
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Women
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References
RUSBASE, part V, 1919–1937 and 1991–1994German Chess Champion in 2004.
Chess career
He won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 1989. Nenashev played for the silver medal-winning Uzbek team at the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila; he also won the individual gold medal on board three.
In 1996 Nenashev won the
Cappelle-la-Grande Open
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess
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. In 2000 he took German citizenship. In the same year he won the 2nd
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
Open and the 4th ''Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft'' ("Open International Bavarian Chess Championship") in
Bad Wiessee
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. In 2001 he took his father's surname "Graf" and started to represent Germany.
Graf won the bronze medal in the 2003
European Individual Chess Championship
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Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's) ...
. In 2004 he won the
German Chess Championship
The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion. Prior to 1880, three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the ''Westdeutscher Schachbund'' (WDSB), the ''Norddeutscher Schachbun ...
. Graf won at Bad Wiessee for the second time in his career in 2011.
Personal life
Alexander Graf is
married
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