Arseniy Nesterov
{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 2003)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = Russia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)
| birth_date = {{Bda|2003|1|20}}
| birth_place =
| title = Grandmaster (2022){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main227996.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2609 (June 2024)
| FideID = 24198455
}}
Arseniy Yurievich Nesterov is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In May 2018, Nesterov led the pack at the start of the Vanya Somov stage of the European Youth Grand Prix alongside Shant Sargsyan.{{cite web|url=https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/arseniy_nesterov_and_shant_sargsyan_lead_vanya_somov_memorial/?date=11.2014|title=Arseniy Nesterov and Shant Sargsyan Lead Vanya Somov Memorial|date=May 17, 2018}} He ultimately finished in 10th place out of 12 players.{{cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr354203.aspx?lan=1&art=4|title="World's Youth Stars" Vanya Somov's Memorial - 3 stage European Youth Grand Prix|date=May 26, 2018|last=Bajarani|first=Ilgar}}
In February 2020, Nesterov obtained his final GM norm at the Aeroflot Open 2020 held in Moscow. In September 2022, he participated in the 75th Russian Chess Championship, finishing last in a field of 12 players.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/75th-russian-chess-championship-2022|title=75th Russian Chess Championship 2022|date=September 22, 2022|last=Crowther|first=Mark}}
Nesterov competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Fernando Peralta in the first round, but was defeated by Anish Giri in the second round.{{Cite web |title=FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced |url=https://www.fide.com/news/2430 }}
Nesterov participated in the 2023 World Junior Chess Championship, where he finished the tournament in equal first place with Marc'Andria Maurizzi, Luka Budisavljevic, and Mamikon Gharibyan. He lost the title to Maurizzi on tiebreaks.{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - FIDE World Junior Chess Championship "México 2023" OPEN |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr809135.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&fed=FRA&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=chess-results.com}}
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Category:Russian chess players
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