Alexander Moroz

{{short description|Ukrainian chess grandmaster (1961–2009)}}

{{for|the Ukrainian politician (born 1944)|Oleksandr Moroz}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Alexander Moroz

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|birthname = Олександр Стефанович Мороз

|country = {{UKR}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|1|18|df=y}}

|birth_place = Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

|death_date = {{dda|2009|1|17|1961|1|18|df=y}}

|death_place = Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

|title = Grandmaster (1999)

|peakrating = 2530 (October 2000)

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Alexander Stefanovich Moroz{{efn|Transliterated Oleksandr Stefanovych Moroz from Ukrainian}} ({{langx|uk|Олександр Стефанович Мороз}}; {{langx|ru|Александр Мороз}}; 18 January 1961 – 17 January 2009) was a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster (1999). He was vice-president of the Ukrainian chess federation, president of the chess federation of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and chairman of the youth committee of the Ukrainian chess federation as well as International Arbiter.{{cite web|url=http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/?z=tournament.174|script-title=ru:Шахова Україна|publisher=ChessPage.Kiev.ua|accessdate=2009-07-07|language=ru}}

His best single performance was at Momotov mem Yenakiieve, 1997, where he scored 8.5 of 13 points. Other successful results include equal 1st with Ashot Nadanian at Częstochowa Open 1992,Matlak, Jacek (1992). III Miedzynarodowy Turniej Szachowy "Czestochowa 92 - Open" {{in lang|pl}} 2nd behind Sergei Movsesian at Pardubice 1995,{{cite web|url=http://www.czechopen.net/history/year1995.php |title=Grand Master Open - Pardubice 1995 |publisher=CzechOpen.net |accessdate=2009-07-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424081531/http://www.czechopen.net/history/year1995.php |archivedate=2009-04-24 }} 1st at Marhanets 1999,{{cite web|url=http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchive/marg99.htm|title=International Chess Tournament Marganets, June 1999|last=Golubev|first=Mikhail|publisher=Ukrainian Chess Online|accessdate=2009-07-07}} and 3rd at Alushta Summer 2006.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic607.html#6|title=The Week in Chess 607: 3rd Alushta Summer|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2006-06-26|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=2009-07-07}}