Aleksey Goganov
{{short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Aleksey Goganov
|image = Aleksey Goganov 2019 Karlsruhe.JPEG
|caption = Karlsruhe 2019
|birthname =
|country = Russia
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|07|26|df=y}}
|birth_place = Saint Petersburg,{{cite news|url=http://www.ruchess.ru/en/news/all/goganov_wins_petersburg_championship/|title=Aleksey Goganov Becomes St. Petersburg Champion|publisher= Russian Chess Federation|date=31 March 2016|accessdate=6 February 2019}} Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (2013)
|worldchampion =
|peakrating = 2643 (November 2016)
|FideID = 24109959
}}
Aleksey Goganov ({{langx|ru|Алексей Гоганов|link=no}}; 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
Goganov is twice champion of Saint Petersburg: 2008 and 2016. He won the Lev Polugaevsky Memorial in 2012 on tiebreak,{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/lev-polugaevsky-memorial-concluded-in-samara/|title=Lev Polugaevsky Memorial concluded in Samara|publisher=Chessdom|date=13 July 2012|accessdate=6 February 2019|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906020242/http://www.chessdom.com/lev-polugaevsky-memorial-concluded-in-samara/|url-status=dead}} won the Chepukaitis Memorial in August 2013 and qualified for the Russian Chess Championship Superfinal in 2013, eventually finishing in eighth place.{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/ruian-super-final-svidler-gunina-win-151013|title=Russian Superfinal: Svidler, Gunina win|publisher=ChessBase|date=14 October 2013|accessdate=6 February 2019}} 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.{{cite web|author=Crowther, Mark|title=Riga Technical University Open 2016|url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/riga-technical-university-open-2016|website=The Week in Chess|date=14 August 2016|accessdate=6 February 2019}}
In 2018 Aleksey Goganov had joined Mednyi Vsadnik group which came 4th place at the Euro Club Cup.{{cite web|author=André Schulz|date=11 October 2018|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/european-club-cup-2018|title=Euro Club Cup kicks off in Greece Friday|accessdate=6 February 2019}}
He won the ChessMood Open 2021, held at Tsaghkadzor from 4-12 October.{{Cite news|date=|title=Indian GM SL Narayanan finishes second in chess tournament in Armenia|work=Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/indian-gm-sl-narayanan-finishes-second-in-chess-tournament-in-armenia/articleshow/86970368.cms}}
References
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Category:21st-century Russian chess players
Category:Chess players from Saint Petersburg
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