Dmitry Andreikin

{{Family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Andreikin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox chess player

| image = Dmitry Andreikin Satka 2018.jpg

| name = Dmitry Andreikin

| caption = Dmitry Andreikin in 2018

| birth_name = Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin

| country = Russia (until May 2022)
FIDE (since May 2022){{efn|name="flags"|Several Russian players' officially switched federation in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[https://www.chess.com/news/view/russian-chess-grandmasters-leave-russia Russian Grandmasters Leave Russia: 'I Have No Sympathy For This War'], chess.com, 1 May 2022[https://www.chess.com/news/view/2022-fide-council-ukraine-belarus-russia FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus], chess.com, 28 February 2022}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|2|5}}

| birth_place = Ryazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| title = Grandmaster (2007)

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| peakrating = 2743 (June 2016)

| peakranking = No. 18 (January 2015)

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Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Владимирович Андрейкин}}, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018). He won the Tashkent leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 and finished runners-up in Chess World Cup 2013 and Belgrade leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

Chess career

Andreikin won the Under-10 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 1999.

He tied for 1st–3rd places with Konstantin Chernyshov and Alexei Kornev at Lipetsk 2006.{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=37900 |title=Archive. Tournament report July 2006: Center FR Men Ch.Open |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=13 January 2011}} In 2008, he won the 4th Inautomarket Open in Minsk{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=15133 |title=Archive. Tournament report October 2008: The 4-th Inautomarket Open |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=13 January 2011}} and tied for 3rd–7th with Rauf Mamedov, Denis Yevseev, Vasily Yemelin and Eltaj Safarli in the Chigorin Memorial.{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=11212 |title=Archive. Tournament report April 2008: M.Chigorin Memorial 2007 A |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=13 January 2011}} In 2009, he tied for 1st–3rd with Yuriy Kuzubov and Rauf Mamedov in the category 16 SPICE Cup A tournament at Lubbock, Texas.{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=45634 |title=Archive. Tournament report November 2009: Spice Cup 2009 - Group A |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=13 January 2011}}

=2010s=

He won the 2010 World Junior Chess Championship in Chotowa, Poland.{{cite web |url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/muzychuk-andreikin-world-junior-chess-champions |title=Muzychuk and Andreikin World Junior Chess Champions |date=16 August 2010 |publisher=Chessdom |accessdate=30 September 2015 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122001521/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/muzychuk-andreikin-world-junior-chess-champions |url-status=dead }}

In the same year, he tied for 2nd–7th with Alexey Dreev, Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Alexander Areshchenko and Konstantin Sakaev in the Chigorin Memorial.{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=49213 |title=Archive. Tournament report January 2011: M.Chigorin Memorial 2010 |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=13 January 2011}} In 2011, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Emil Sutovsky in the Baku Open.{{cite web |url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/baku-open-2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721173913/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/baku-open-2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-21 |title=TWIC: Baku Open 2011 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=16 August 2011 |publisher=London Chess Centre |accessdate=10 November 2011}} In February 2012, tied for 4th–8th with Alexander Khalifman, Maxim Rodshtein, Fabiano Caruana and Hrant Melkumyan in the 11th Aeroflot Open.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7922 |title=Aeroflot Open – Mateusz Bartel comes out on top |date=16 February 2012 |publisher=ChessBase.com |accessdate=18 February 2012}}

In August 2012, Andreikin won the 65th Russian Chess Championship in Moscow after winning a rapid playoff against five other players.{{cite web |url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/65th-russian-chess-championships-2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420015539/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/65th-russian-chess-championships-2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-20 |title=65th Russian Chess Championships 2012 |date=13 August 2012 |publisher=The Week In Chess |accessdate=13 August 2012}} In the Tal Memorial played in June 2013, Andreikin was the lowest rated player, but he went through the tournament undefeated with eight draws and a win against Vladimir Kramnik, which gave him a shared third to fifth place.{{cite news |url=http://chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4010255/tal-final-gelfand-wins-carlsen-clear-second-230613.aspx |title=Tal Final: Gelfand wins, Carlsen clear second |date=23 June 2013 |publisher=Chessbase |accessdate=23 June 2013}}

In the Chess World Cup 2013, held in Norway from 11 August to 2 September, Andreikin finished in second place, losing to Kramnik in the four-game final match 1½–2½.{{cite web |author=Doggers, Peter |url=http://www.chessvibes.com/kramnik-wins-tromsø-world-cup |title=Kramnik wins Tromsø World Cup |publisher=ChessVibes |date=2 September 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904205246/http://www.chessvibes.com/kramnik-wins-troms%C3%B8-world-cup |archive-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} This result qualified him for the Candidates Tournament 2014,{{cite web |author=Doggers, Peter |url=http://www.chessvibes.com/andreikin-kramnik-reach-world-cup-final-candidates-with-karjakin |title=Andreikin & Kramnik reach World Cup final & Candidates (with Karjakin) |publisher=ChessVibes |date=28 August 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2013 |archive-date=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902212903/http://www.chessvibes.com/andreikin-kramnik-reach-world-cup-final-candidates-with-karjakin |url-status=dead }} where he finished equal 3rd-5th out of 8 players, with a score of 7/14. {{As of|2023|post=,}} this is the only time he has qualified for the Candidates.

In October–November 2014 he scored a major success in the second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent, winning the tournament ahead of Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana and eight other elite grandmasters. His score of 7/11 gave him a performance rating of 2852.{{cite web |title=Tashkent 11: Andreikin Wins |last=Ramirez |first=Alejandro |authorlink=Alejandro Ramirez (chess player) |date=2 November 2014 |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/tashkent-11-andreikin-wins |publisher=ChessBase}} However his other Grand Prix results were not as good, and he was knocked out of the Chess World Cup 2015 in round of 16 by eventual winner Sergey Karjakin, so he missed qualification for the 2016 Candidates Tournament.

In 2016, Andreikin won the Hasselbacken Open (on tiebreak from B. Adhiban) in Stockholm,{{Cite web |url=http://chess-news.ru/en/node/21427 |title=Stockholm: Dmitry Andreikin Wins In Sweden, Avoiding The Big Guns (GAMES) |date=10 May 2016 |website=chess-news.ru |access-date=2017-01-23}}{{Cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/hasselbacken-open-ends-in-glory |title=Hasselbacken Open ends in glory |last=Silver |first=Albert |date=11 May 2016 |website=Chess News |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2017-01-23}} the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival{{Cite news |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/abu-dhabi-andreikin-wins-with-strong-finish |title=Abu Dhabi: Andreikin wins with strong finish |date=30 August 2016 |website=Chess News |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2017-01-23}} and the European Blitz Chess Championship in Tallinn.{{Cite news |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/europe-rapid-and-blitz-championships-riazantsev-und-andreikin |title=Riazantsev and Andreikin are new European Rapid and Blitz Champions |last=Schulz |first=André |date=20 December 2016 |website=Chess News |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2017-01-23}} In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's rapid chess event of the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China.{{Cite web |url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/imsa-elite-mind-games-2017?searched=imsa&advsearch=oneword&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1 |title=IMSA Elite Mind Games 2017 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=15 December 2017 |website=The Week in Chess |access-date=2018-01-07}}

In 2018, Andreikin won the 71st Russian Chess Championship for the second time in his career after beating Dmitry Jakovenko in a rapid playoff.{{Cite web|url= https://en.chessbase.com/post/andreikin-and-pogonina-win-russian-superfinal-2018|title=Russian Superfinal: Andreikin and Pogonina take gold|date=6 September 2018 }}

In 2019, Andreikin won a match against Ding Liren with a (+1-0=3) score.{{Cite web|url= https://chess-results.com/tnr456420.aspx?lan=3|title=2019 China Wenzhou Chess Grandmaster Match}}

=2020s=

Through February and March 2022, Andreikin played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the second leg, he won his group with a 4/6 result and defeated Anish Giri in the semifinals with a 2.5/4 result in classical and rapid time formats. He was defeated by Richard Rápport in the finals with a 0.5/2 result. He withdrew from the remainder of the Grand Prix for personal reasons. He finished the tournament fifth in the standings with ten points.

In 2022, Andreikin won 10 Titled Tuesday events held on Chess.com and reached the finals of Chess.com Rapid Chess Championship losing to Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals after defeating Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana.{{Cite web|url= https://www.chess.com/article/view/titled-tuesday|title=Titled Tuesday: All The Information|date=13 December 2023 }}{{Cite web|url= https://www.chess.com/article/view/rapid-chess-championship-2022-leaderboard|title=Rapid Chess Championship 2022 Leaderboard|date=18 August 2022 }} He occasionally streams Titled Arenas and Team Battles held on Lichess on his YouTube Channel with the username "FairChess" to his 13 thousand subscribers. {{Cite web|url= https://lichess.org/streamer/vladimirovich9000|title=GM Andreikin Dmitry (Vladimirovich9000)|date=15 December 2023 }}