Alexander Grischuk

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2nd at the World Chess Championship under 10]]

In 1996, Grischuk finished in 21st place in the Boys Under-14 section of the World Youth Festival{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic104.html|title=The Week in Chess 104|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} and tied for third place in the same section of the Disney Rapid Chess Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic110.html|title=The Week in Chess 110|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}

By January 1998 Grischuk had become a FIDE Master, finished 24th in the Moscow leg of the Russian Cup with 6/9, and finished 18th at Nizhnij Novgorod.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic169.html|title=The Week in Chess 169|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic193.html|title=The Week in Chess 193|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} He finished 44th in his first Russian Chess Championship, scoring 5/11 points,{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic196.html|title=The Week in Chess 196|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} and was International Master and rating favourite when he tied for 8th place at the Boys Under 16 section of the World Youth Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic209.html#13|title=The Week in Chess 209|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}

In January 1999, Grischuk tied for 13th at the Hotel Anibal Open, defeating third seed Artashes Minasian in the third round.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic219.html|title=The Week in Chess 219|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} He started strongly at the Hotel Ubeda Open but slipped to tie for 7th place with 6.5/10.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic221.html#6|title=The Week in Chess 221|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} At Bled Open in March he finished 9th with 6/9 and at the Biel MTO Open in July finished 11th with 7/10.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic229.html#5|title=The Week in Chess 229|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic247.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 247|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} At the Porto San Giorgio Grischuk finished 4th with 6.5/9.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic251.html#11|title=The Week in Chess 251|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} In November 1999, Grischuk scored 7/9 to share first place with Sergei Volkov at the Chigorin Memorial.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/11/29/chess/94a2ca16-8833-4ea1-8ac5-2ef210444836/|title=CHESS|last=Kavalek|first=Lubomir|date=1999-11-29|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-01-05|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic262.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 262|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} He made four draws as reserve board at the European Team Championship held in Batumi then was knocked out of the Russian Championship in the quarterfinals by Alexei Bezgodov.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic265.html|title=The Week in Chess 265|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic268.html|title=The Week in Chess 268|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}

Grischuk made his first Grandmaster norm in January 2000 at the Hotel Ubeda Open scoring 7/10 for 4th place then placed 4th at the Reykjavik Open, scoring 6.5/9.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic273.html|title=The Week in Chess 273|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic284.html#7|title=The Week in Chess 284|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} At the New York Open he finished 10th with 6.5/9.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic288.html|title=The Week in Chess 288|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} In June 2000, he won the Lausanne Young Masters, defeating Ruslan Ponomariov in the final.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic291.html#3|title=The Week in Chess 291|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-05}} His success gave him his first appearance in the FIDE Top 100 at 78th, with 2606 and third top Junior in July 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic295.html|title=The Week in Chess 295|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} Grischuk finished 4th on tiebreaks with 5/9 at the North Sea Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic297.html|title=The Week in Chess 297|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} Now a Grandmaster, he finished third with 6/11 at the 4th Russian Cup Final in Elista and won the Torshavn International in October on tiebreak with Ponomariov.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic304.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 304|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic310.html#12|title=The Week in Chess 310|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} He claimed individual bronze medal for his second reserve board result at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic314.html|title=The Week in Chess 314|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}} In the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, Grischuk reached the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic318.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 318|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}

In September 2001, Grischuk scored 4/6 at the inaugural Russia-Chess Summit. In January 2002, he finished second at his first Corus event with 8.5/13, half a point behind Evgeny Bareev.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=65&type=standings|title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess|website=www.tatasteelchess.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-05}}

In the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship he made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost 3−1 to eventual champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Also he shared 1st place in the traditional tournament at Poikovsky (with Sergey Rublevsky); 2nd place at the Russian Championship (behind Kasparov).{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/alexander-grischuk-procrastination-is-definitely-the-main-factor|title=Grischuk: "Procrastination is definitely the main factor"|publisher=chess24.com|date=22 May 2020}}

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Grischuk finished in the top 10 in the 2005 FIDE World Cup, qualifying him for the 2007 Candidates Tournament in May–June 2007. He won his matches against Vladimir Malakhov (+2 −0 =3) and Sergei Rublevsky (tied at +1 −1 =4, winning the rapid playoff +2 −0 =1), to advance to the eight-player 2007 FIDE World Chess Championship. In that tournament he scored 5½ out of 14, placing last in the eight-player field.

In 2009, Grischuk won the Russian Chess Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009 |title=Russian Championships Information 2009 |publisher=Chess.co.uk |access-date=1 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821115657/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009 |archive-date=21 August 2011 }} Later that year he won the Linares tournament on tiebreak over Vasyl Ivanchuk after being invited as replacement for Veselin Topalov, who was in the Challenger's Match against Gata Kamsky.

Grischuk finished third in the 2008-10 FIDE Grand Prix, qualifying him as the first alternate for the Candidates Tournament of the 2012 World Chess Championship cycle. Upon the withdrawal of world No. 2 Magnus Carlsen from the candidates tournament, Grischuk was appointed to take his place.[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6799 Grischuk to replace Carlsen in the Candidates] In the 2011 candidates tournament, Grischuk was seeded 6th out of eight players, and faced Levon Aronian in the first round. After splitting the four regular games 2–2, Grischuk won the rapid playoff 2½–1½ to advance to the semifinals, where he faced world No. 4 and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Grischuk won the blitz playoff by 1½–½ to advance to the final, where he faced 2009 Chess World Cup winner Boris Gelfand for the right to play Viswanathan Anand for the World Championship. After five draws, Gelfand won the final game to win the match, 3½–2½.

Grischuk played in the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London from 15 March to 1 April. He finished sixth, with a score of 6½/14 (+1=11-2).{{cite web|url=http://london2013.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=2|title=Tournament standings|publisher=FIDE|access-date=6 April 2013}} In November 2014 he took first place with 5½/7 at the Tashir Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian in Moscow. This enabled him to cross the 2800 Elo rating mark.{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/8391-vladimir-kramnik-pursues-alexander-grischuk-at-the-finish-of-the-international-tashir-chess-tournament-in-memory-of-tigran-petrosian-.html|title=Alexander Grischuk wins the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in Memory of Tigran Petrosian|publisher=FIDE|access-date=27 November 2014|archive-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126224949/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/8391-vladimir-kramnik-pursues-alexander-grischuk-at-the-finish-of-the-international-tashir-chess-tournament-in-memory-of-tigran-petrosian-.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://chess-news.ru/en/node/17259|title=Petrosian Memorial, Rd. 7. Kramnik: "Grischuk is in brilliant shape"|date=2014-11-11|website=chess-news.ru|access-date=2017-08-09}}

In July 2016, Grischuk won a four-game match against Ding Liren in Wenzhou, 2½–1½.{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-grischuk-wins-match-against-ding-liren|title=Alexander Grischuk wins match against Ding Liren|last=Fischer|first=Johannes|date=2016-07-25|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-08-09}} In February 2017 Grischuk tied for first place with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first event of the FIDE Grand Prix series, held in Sharjah, UAE, taking first place on tiebreak.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10045-sharjah-grand-prix-round-grischuk-wins.html|title=Alexander Grischuk wins Sharjah Grand Prix on tie-break|last=GU|website=www.fide.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-03-01|archive-date=2017-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301181631/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10045-sharjah-grand-prix-round-grischuk-wins.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alexander_grischuk_wins_fide_grand_prix_in_sharjah/|title=Alexander Grischuk wins FIDE Grand Prix in Sharjah|date=2017-02-27|work=Russian Chess Federation|access-date=2017-03-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/grischuk-wins-sharjah-fide-grand-prix|title=Grischuk wins Sharjah FIDE Grand Prix|last=Silver|first=Albert|date=2017-02-28|website=Chess News|access-date=2017-03-01|publisher=ChessBase}} In July 2017, he beat Yu Yangyi 3–1 in the China-Russia Chess Grandmaster Summit Match held in Jiayuguan, China.{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alexander-grischuk-beats-yu-yangyi-3-1-in-match|title=Grischuk beats Yu 3-1 in Russia-China match|last=Liang|first=Ziming|date=2017-07-25|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-08-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://chess24.com/en/read/news/grischuk-storms-to-victory-over-yu-yangyi|title=Grischuk storms to victory over Yu Yangyi|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=2017-07-25|website=chess24.com|access-date=2017-08-07}}

In December 2017, Grischuk won the men's Basque chess event of the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10565-2017-imsa-elite-mind-games-grischuk-and-zhao-xue-won-basque.html|title=2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games: Grischuk and Zhao Xue won Basque|date=2017-12-14|website=FIDE|access-date=2018-01-07|archive-date=2018-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192453/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10565-2017-imsa-elite-mind-games-grischuk-and-zhao-xue-won-basque.html|url-status=dead}}

In late May 2019, Grischuk participated in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the 2020 World Chess Championship. The tournament was a 16-player event. Grischuk was defeated by compatriot GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in rapid tiebreaks during the tournament finale. By finishing second in the tournament, Grischuk netted 7 Grand Prix points.{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/nepomniachtchi-wins-2019-moscow-fide-grand-prix|title =Nepomniachtchi Wins Moscow FIDE Grand Prix|first =Peter|last =Doggers|website =Chess.com|date =29 May 2019}} Grischuk then reached the semi-finals at Riga, and won the Hamburg tournament, for a total of 20 Grand Prix points.{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/grischuk-wins-2019-hamburg-fide-grand-prix|title =Grischuk Wins Hamburg Grand Prix, Almost Certain Of Candidates Qualification|first =Peter|last =Doggers|website =Chess.com|date =18 November 2019}} He was confirmed as a qualifier for the Candidates Tournament 2020 after the second day of the Jerusalem Grand Prix.{{cite web|url =https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-jerusalem-fide-grand-prix-day-2|title =Grischuk Earns Candidates Spot After Jerusalem Grand Prix Draws|first =Isaac|last =Steincamp|website =Chess.com|date =12 December 2019}}

From March 16 to March 26 2020, Grischuk played the Candidates Tournament, interrupted by FIDE after round 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/462|title= FIDE stops the Candidates Tournament|date= 26 March 2020|access-date = 26 March 2020|website=Fide.com}} At the time of the interruption he was one point behind the leading pair made up of Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. From April 19-27, 2021 Grischuk played again at the Candidates Tournament, resumed by FIDE after more than a year, finishing in sixth place, with 7 points out of 14.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidates-2020-r8-2|title=Candidates R14: Three decisive results|access-date=28 April 2021|website=Chessbase.com|date=27 April 2021 }} Through February and March 2022, Grischuk played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he placed third in Pool A with a 3/6 result. In the second leg, he finished fourth in Pool A with a result of 2/6, finishing 22nd in the standings with two points.

In 2006 Grischuk won the World Blitz Chess Championship in Rishon Lezion, Israel, with 10½/15.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3334 |title=Grischuk wins FIDE World Blitz Championship |publisher=ChessBase.com |date=12 September 2006 |access-date=19 May 2013}} He won his second World Blitz Championship in 2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with 20 points out of 30 games.{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-rapid-and-blitz-championships-2012 |title=World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2012 |date=2012-07-10 |publisher=The Week in Chess |access-date=10 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015115231/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-rapid-and-blitz-championships-2012 |archive-date=15 October 2012 }} In October 2015, Grischuk won the World Blitz Championship for the third time in Berlin with a score of 15½/21, half a point ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vladimir Kramnik.[http://chess-results.com/tnr190790.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=21&flag=30&wi=821 FIDE World Blitz Championship 2015] Chess-Results

In 2023, he won Tata Steel India Blitz open ahead of joint second place finishers Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu.{{Cite web |last=Saravanan (VSaravanan) |first=Venkatachalam |date=2023-09-10 |title=Tata Steel Chess India: Grischuk Wins Blitz Title, Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa 2nd |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2023-tata-steel-chess-india-open-day-2-blitz |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}

Grischuk was formerly married to Ukrainian chess grandmaster Natalia Zhukova.[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5244 ChessBase.com – Chess News – Kateryna and Robert – pour la vie à jamais unis...] (at Addendum section) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120231533/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5244|date=2012-11-20}} He is now married to Ukrainian-Russian grandmaster Kateryna Lagno and they have three children together.{{Cite web|url=https://aif.ru/sport/other/korona_dlya_ekateriny_mnogodetnaya_mat_stala_chempionkoy_mira_po_shahmatam|title = Корона для Екатерины. Многодетная мать стала чемпионкой мира по шахматам|date = 31 December 2019}}

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Lê Quang Liêm
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