Aleksey Goganov (; born 26 July 1991) is a Russian

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player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by

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in 2013. Goganov competed in the

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Chess career

Goganov is twice champion of Saint Petersburg: 2008 and 2016. He won the

Lev Polugaevsky Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky ( rus, Лев Абрамович Полугаевский, p=pəlʊɡɐˈjefskʲɪj; 20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in ...

Memorial in 2012 on tiebreak, won the Chepukaitis Memorial in August 2013 and qualified for the

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Superfinal in 2013, eventually finishing in eighth place. In 2016, Goganov shared first place in the

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with

Martyn Kravtsiv Martyn Kravtsiv (; born 26 November 1990) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013. Career Kravtsiv was taught how to play chess on his sixth birthday by his father. Later, he trained at the Lviv Chess Club ...

(the eventual winner on tiebreak score),

Hrant Melkumyan Hrant Slavayi Melkumyan (; born April 30, 1989, in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and European Blitz Champion in 2011. Chess career He won the international Internet championship organized by the ICC chess Internet portal. In 2006, ...

Arturs Neikšāns Arturs Neiksans (, born 16 March 1983) is a Latvian chess player who has held the FIDE title of Grandmaster since 2012. He is a five-time Latvian champion, one of the leading Latvian chess players, an FIDE-accredited chess trainer, author and ...

and

Jiří Štoček Jiří Štoček (born 10 May 1977) is a Czech chess grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He won the Czech Chess Championship in 2011. Chess career Born in 1977, Štoček earned his international master (IM) title in 1994 and his grandmaster (chess) ...

. In 2018 Aleksey Goganov had joined Mednyi Vsadnik group which came 4th place at the Euro Club Cup. He won the ChessMood Open 2021, held at Tsaghkadzor from 4-12 October.

References

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