Aleksey Goganov

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Aleksey Goganov
Karlsruhe 2019
CountryRussia
Born (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 32)
Saint Petersburg,[1] Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2488 (May 2024)
Peak rating2643 (November 2016)

Aleksey Goganov (Russian: Алексей Гоганов; born 26 July 1991) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2013. Goganov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2015 and 2017.

Chess career[edit]

Goganov is twice champion of Saint Petersburg: 2008 and 2016.[1] He won the Lev Polugaevsky Memorial in 2012 on tiebreak,[2] won the Chepukaitis Memorial in August 2013 and qualified for the Russian Chess Championship Superfinal in 2013, eventually finishing in eighth place.[3] In 2016, Goganov shared first place in the Riga Technical University Open in Riga with Martyn Kravtsiv (the eventual winner on tiebreak score), Hrant Melkumyan, Arturs Neikšāns and Jiří Štoček.[4]

In 2018 Aleksey Goganov had joined Mednyi Vsadnik group which came 4th place at the Euro Club Cup.[5]

He won the ChessMood Open 2021, held at Tsaghkadzor from 4-12 October.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Aleksey Goganov Becomes St. Petersburg Champion". Russian Chess Federation. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Lev Polugaevsky Memorial concluded in Samara". Chessdom. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Russian Superfinal: Svidler, Gunina win". ChessBase. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. ^ Crowther, Mark (14 August 2016). "Riga Technical University Open 2016". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. ^ André Schulz (11 October 2018). "Euro Club Cup kicks off in Greece Friday". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Indian GM SL Narayanan finishes second in chess tournament in Armenia". Times of India.