Alexander Goloshchapov

Alexander Goloshchapov (Ukrainian: Олександр Голощапов; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian chess player and trainer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999.

Alexander Goloshchapov
Goloshchapov in 2008
CountryUkraine
Born (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978
Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster (1999)
FIDE rating2578 (October 2023)
Peak rating2588 (July 2013)

Career

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. 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. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. 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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