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| Full name | Александр Мотылев | |
| Country |  Russia |
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| Born | June 17, 1979 Yekaterinburg, Russia |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2666 (No. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбу́рг also romanized Ekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk) is a major city in the central part of Russia Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 52 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2680 (April 2005) | |
Alexander Motylev (born June 17, 1979 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of Russia. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбу́рг also romanized Ekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk) is a major city in the central part of Russia Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.
He learnt how to play at the age of four and a half years and aged six, took part in group instruction sessions. This is not uncommon in Russia where chess is very much part of the school curriculum. His progress remained good and by the time he was eleven, Motylev was already a Candidate Master (a title previously achieved by his father). The Candidate Master ( CM) title is awarded by the world Chess governing body Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE Around this time, he was also gifted at football, a sport for which he had major aspirations. Made aware of his split loyalties by his chess coach, Motylev's physical education teacher advised him to concentrate on chess and this proved to be good advice, as he went on to become national junior champion at both under 16 and under 18 level.
There was more to come in 2001, when he shocked the chess world with a surprise, but deserved win of the Russian Championship. Of course it can be a struggle to maintain such rapid progress and in the years that followed, his form has had both upturns and downturns. In 2002, he was invited to take part in the prestigious Russia vs Rest of the World match in Moscow and in the company of the world's elite players, scored a disappointing 1/6. There have been three Chess matches featuring Russia (USSR vs Rest of the World. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of
For the most part however, his tournament record continues to impress and in 2003, he won the Corsican Open at Bastia (ahead of a strong field including Van Wely, Sasikiran and Tiviakov). Bastia ( French & Corsican: Bastia) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island Loek van Wely (born October 7 1972) is a Chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. Krishnan Sasikiran (born January 7 1981) is an Indian Chess Grandmaster. Sergei Tiviakov (born February 14, 1973 in Krasnodar, Soviet Union) is a naturalised Dutch Chess Grandmaster In 2004, he swept to a comfortable victory at the Tomsk qualifier and then performed well in the Russian Superfinal. In the latter contest, a fighting draw with Kasparov saw him finish strongly, level with SuperGMs Svidler, Morozevich and Bareev (behind Kasparov, Grischuk and Dreev). Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер Pyotr Svidler born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian Chess grandmaster. Alexander Morozevich (Александр Морозе́вич (born July 18, 1977) is a Russian Chess player Evgeny Bareev (born in a Tatar family on 21 November 1966) is a Russian chess Grandmaster. Alexander Grischuk (born October 31 1983) is a Chess grandmaster from Russia. Alexey Dreev (born 1969) is a Chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak ELO rating was 2705 attained in October 2003 and again In 2005, he finished second at the 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup (behind Harikrishna, who he defeated) and in the same year, qualified again for the Russian Superfinal, this time by taking 3rd place at Kazan. Pendyala Harikrishna (born May 10, 1986) is a Chess player from Andhra Pradesh, India. Kazan (Каза́нь Казан tt Qazan) is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities In 2006, he was the joint winner of the Corus "B" Tournament at Wijk aan Zee with Magnus Carlsen. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year usually in January in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Wijk aan Zee (pronounced /ʋɛik aːn zeː/ is a small town on the coast of the North Sea in the municipality of Beverwijk in the province of North Holland Magnus Øen Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen on 30 November 1990 is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy.
In regular team events, he played for Russia in the 2001 World Team Championships and contributed a solid 2/3 performance, helping the team to a silver medal. At the European Team Championship of 2005, his own sub-50% score and the whole team effort was far less convincing, as the Russians crashed to an unbelievable 14th place finish. The European Team Championship ( often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ETC) is an international team chess event eligible for the participation
References
External links
- Alexander Motylev at ChessGames.com
- FIDE rating card for Alexander Motylev
| Preceded by Sergey Volkov |
Russian Chess Champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Alexander Lastin |
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