Sergei Lobanov (; born 19 May 2001) is a Russian
chess
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player who holds the title of
grandmaster.
Biography
Sergei Lobanov was a student of
Saint Petersburg
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chess school. He played for Russia in
European Youth Chess Championship
The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History
The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007.
Until 2002 t ...
s and
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. History
Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015 (OR 2016), the event has been s ...
s in the different age groups and best result reached in 2015 in
Poreč
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, when he won European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 age group. In 2013, Sergei Lobanov won bronze medal in World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group.
He two times played for Russia team in World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads where he won gold (2017) and silver (2016) medal in team competition, as well as silver (2017) and bronze (2016) medals in individual competition.
In 2016, Sergei Lobanov won the bronze medal in the Saint Petersburg Chess Championship. In 2017, he won Saint Petersburg International Chess tournament with Grandmaster norm.
In 2017, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title,
and in 2022 he became a grandmaster (GM).
References
External links
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Sergei Lobanovchess games at 365chess.com
2001 births
Living people
Russian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
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