Alexander Goloshchapov

Alexander Goloshchapov
Full name Олександр Голощапов
Country Ukraine
Born 25 January 1978 (1978-01-25) (age 38)
Ukraine
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2585 (April 2016)
Peak rating 2588 (July 2013)

Alexander Goloshchapov (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (1999) and trainer.

In 2001 he tied for 1st–3rd with Alexander Riazantsev and Teimour Radjabov in the Alushta Spring tournament.[1] In 2002 Goloshchapov won the Dubai Open.[2] In 2004, came 4th in the 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship.[3] He tied for 2nd–7th with Friso Nijboer, Eduardas Rozentalis, Michail Brodsky, Erwin L'Ami and Ian Rogers in the Essent Open 2005.[4] In 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with Vugar Gashimov, Sergei Azarov, Yuri Drozdovskij, Sergey Grigoriants, Krishnan Sasikiran, Vladimir Burmakin and Marcin Szelag in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[5]

In 2015 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer (2015). Goloshchapov has trained, among others, Parimarjan Negi,[6] S.P. Sethuraman,[7] and Vaibhav Suri.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament report July 2001: Alushta Spring 2001 - Ukraine". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2002-04-29). "TWIC 390: Dubai Open 2002". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2004-09-06). "TWIC: 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship". London Chess Center. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Harikrishna wins Essent Crown Group". ChessBase. 2005-11-02. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2006-02-27). "TWIC590: Cappelle la Grande". London Chess Center. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "'It hasn't yet dawned on me that I'm a grandmaster'". ChessBase. 2006-09-07. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Hari Hara Nandanan (2010-12-03). "Sethuraman becomes India's youngest GM". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Rutvick Mehta (2014-02-19). "Children shouldn't learn chess from computers: Alexander Goloshchapov". DNA India. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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