Aleksandr Dronov

{{about|the chess player|the politician|Aleksandr Dronov (politician)}}

{{Short description|Russian chess player (1946–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Aleksandr Dronov

| image = Дронов Александр Суренович.jpg

| caption = Dronov in 2017

| full_name = Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov

| country = {{URS}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|7|1946|10|6|df=y}}

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| title = ICCF Grandmaster (2005)

| worldchampion =

| ICCFworldchampion = 2007—2010, 2011—2014, 2015—2018

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Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov (6 October 1946 – 7 December 2023) was a Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the 22nd, 27th, and 29th World Correspondence Chess Champion.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccf.com/event?id=13580|title=Cross Table}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccf.com/event?id=25887|title=Cross Table}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccf.com/event?id=52852|title=Cross Table}} He was the only person to win the World Correspondence Chess Championship three times. Dronov died in December 2023, at the age of 77.{{Cite web |title=Ушел из жизни Александр Дронов |url=https://ruchess.ru/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_aleksandr_dronov/ |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=Федерация шахмат России |language=ru}}