Alexander Areshchenko

{{short description|Ukrainian chess grandmaster (born 1986)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Alexander Areshchenko

| image = 2021-Alexander-Areshchenko.JPG

| caption = Areshchenko in 2021

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| country = Ukraine

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|6|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

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| title = Grandmaster (2002)

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| peakrating = 2720 (December 2012)

| peakranking = No. 28 (December 2012)

| FideID = 14109530

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Alexander Areshchenko ({{langx|uk|Олександр Арещенко|Oleksandr Areshchenko}}; born June 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2002. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2021.

Career

In 2000, Areshchenko won the Under 14 division of the World Youth Chess Championships, held in Oropesa del Mar, Spain, ahead of future super-grandmaster Wang Yue.{{Cite web|title=TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic312.html#7|date=2000-10-30|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Week in Chess}} He won the Ukrainian Championship in 2005.{{cite web|last=Boytsun|first=Olena|date=2005-09-05|title=Areshchenko wins the Ukraine Championship|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2615|accessdate=10 May 2010|publisher=ChessBase}} In 2007 he tied for 2nd–4th with Hikaru Nakamura and Emil Sutovsky in the 5th GibTelecom Chess Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3650|title=Akopian wins GibTel Masters in Gibraltar|date=2007-02-04|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=13 May 2010}}

In 2009 he tied for 1st–4th with Koneru Humpy, Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Magesh Panchanathan in the Mumbai Mayor Cup, which he won on a tiebreak.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5432|title=Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!|last=Zaveri|first=Praful|date=2009-05-15|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=10 May 2010}} In the same year, he tied for first with Boris Avrukh in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament and again won the event on a tiebreak.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/areshchenko-wins-zurich-jubilee-on-tiebreak/ |title=Areshchenko wins Zurich Jubilee on tiebreak |date=2009-08-16 |publisher=ChessVibes |accessdate=10 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820012115/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/areshchenko-wins-zurich-jubilee-on-tiebreak/ |archivedate=20 August 2009 }}

In 2011, Areshchenko tied for 1st–5th with Yuriy Kuzubov, Parimarjan Negi, Markus Ragger and Ni Hua in the 9th Parsvnath Open tournament.{{cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/alexander-areshchenko-parsvnath-international|title=9th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=17 January 2011|archive-date=19 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119202136/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/alexander-areshchenko-parsvnath-international|url-status=dead}} The following year, he won the Chigorin Memorial{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/areshchenko-wins-strong-chigorin-memorial-on-tie-break|last=Doggers|first=Peter|title=Areshchenko wins strong Chigorin Memorial on tie-break|date=2012-11-05|website=ChessVibes|access-date=2017-06-16}} and the Botvinnik Memorial tournaments,{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/alexander-areshchenko-wins-botvinnik-memorial-2012/|title=Alexander Areshchenko wins Botvinnik Memorial 2012|date=2012-09-02|website=Chessdom|access-date=2017-06-16|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630030531/http://www.chessdom.com/alexander-areshchenko-wins-botvinnik-memorial-2012/|url-status=dead}} both held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2015, he tied for 1st-5th places with Nils Grandelius, Martyn Kravtsiv, Baadur Jobava and Richárd Rapport in the Masters tournament of the 22nd Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/nils-grandelius-wins-abu-dhabi-masters-chess-championship/|title=Nils Grandelius wins Abu Dhabi Masters Chess Championship (Video)|website=Chessdom|date=September 2015 |access-date=2017-06-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/grandelius-wins-abu-dhabi-masters-2015|title=Grandelius wins Abu Dhabi Masters 2015|last=Shah|first=Sagar|date=2015-09-03|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-06-16}} In 2016, he won the 20th Open International Bavarian Championship in Bad Wiessee, Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-areshchenko-wins-strong-open-in-bad-wiessee|last=Fischer|first=Johannes|title=Alexander Areshchenko wins strong open in Bad Wiessee|date=2016-11-08|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-06-16}} In 2017 he tied for 4th-14th places at the European Individual Chess Championship.[http://chess-results.com/tnr280959.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&turdet=YES&flag=30 European Individual Chess Championship 2017], chess-results.com

Playing for Ukraine, Areshchenko has won the team bronze medal at the World Team Chess Championship in 2011 and 2013,[https://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/3vxj7f5l.html A. Areshchenko at the World Team Chess Championships], www.olimpbase.org and an individual silver medal in the European Team Chess Championship in 2007.[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/3vxj7f5l.html A. Areshchenko at the European Team Chess Championships], www.olimpbase.org

In 2017, Areshchenko announced that he was retiring from chess.{{Cite web|url=http://chess-news.ru/node/23923|title=Александр Арещенко уходит из шахмат | chess-news.ru|access-date=26 June 2021|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121045304/http://chess-news.ru/node/23923|url-status=dead}} He has continued to play in leagues and tournaments since then.

Sample game

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2005, Russian team championships

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e5 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 O-O 8.Nbc3 a6 9.O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.h3 Re8 13.g4 Nb6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nfd7 16.Qd2 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.exd5

(diagram) e4 20.Nc3 Bxa3 21.Nxe4 Qa8 22.Nc5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.b4 a5 26.bxa5 Qd5 27.Qd3 b4 28.a6 h5 29.Bf4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Ra8 31.Re1 Bb2 32.Re4 b3 33.Qf3 Bxd4 34.Bc1 Qc6 35.Ba3 b2 36.Bxb2 Bxb2 37.Qe2 Bf6 38.a7 g5 39.Qe3 Kg7 40.Rb4 Qd7 (0-1)

References

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