Alexander Cherniaev

{{Short description|Russian-English chess grandmaster (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox chess player

|image = Cherniaev,Alexander 2010 Dortmund.jpg

|caption = Cherniaev in 2010

| country = Russia (until 2022)
England (since 2022)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|8|26}}

| birth_place = Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union

| title = Grandmaster (2004)

| peakrating = 2509 (July 2002)

| FideID = 4117301

}}

Alexander Sergeevich Cherniaev is a Russian chess grandmaster who plays for England.

Chess career

In November 2007, he won the "First Thursday of the month" blitz tournament at the Hendon Chess Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/1804867.russian-grandmaster-cleans-up/|title=Russian Grandmaster Cleans Up|date=November 2, 2007|first=Adam|last=Raoof}}

In January 2019, he tied for first place with Daniel Gormally, Oleg Korneev, Šarūnas Šulskis, Martin Petrov, and Conor Murphy at the 94th Hastings Congress.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/94th-hastings-congress-2019|title=Six-way tie at the top of 94th Hastings Congress|date=January 7, 2019|first=Antonio|last=Pereira}}

In July 2019, he gave a lecture and held a simultaneous exhibition in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada as part of the Canadian Open.{{cite web|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/reginas-largest-ever-chess-tournaments-draw-national-competitors|title=Regina's largest ever chess tournaments draw national competitors|date=July 7, 2019|first=Lynn|last=Giesbrecht}}

References

{{reflist}}