Arseniy Yurievich Nesterov is a Russian

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grandmaster.

Chess career

In May 2018, Nesterov led the pack at the start of the Vanya Somov stage of the European Youth Grand Prix alongside Shant Sargsyan. He ultimately finished in 10th place out of 12 players. In February 2020, Nesterov obtained his final GM norm at the

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2020 held in

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. In September 2022, he participated in the 75th

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, finishing last in a field of 12 players. Nesterov competed in the

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, where he defeated Fernando Peralta in the first round, but was defeated by

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in the second round. Nesterov participated in the 2023

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, where he finished the tournament in equal first place with Marc'Andria Maurizzi, Luka Budisavljevic, and

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. He lost the title to Maurizzi on tiebreaks.

References

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