Aleksey Goganov

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.

Aleksey Goganov
Karlsruhe 2019
CountryRussia
Born (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991
Saint Petersburg,[1] Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2519 (October 2023)
Peak rating2643 (November 2016)

Chess career

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
  1. "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. 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.


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