Sergei Lobanov (chess player)

{{short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 2001)}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Sergei Lobanov

| country = Russia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)

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| title = Grandmaster (2022)

| peakrating =2547 (June 2023)

| FideID = 24183750

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Sergei Lobanov ({{langx|ru|Сергей Андреевич Лобанов}}; born 19 May 2001) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster.

Biography

Sergei Lobanov was a student of Saint Petersburg chess school. He played for Russia in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in the different age groups and best result reached in 2015 in Poreč, when he won European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 age group.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr180030.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 25th European Youth Chess Championship 2015 U14 - Open|website=chess-results.com}} In 2013, Sergei Lobanov won bronze medal in World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr119508.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - WYCC U12 Open Classic|website=chess-results.com}}

He two times played for Russia team in World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads where he won gold (2017) and silver (2016) medal in team competition, as well as silver (2017) and bronze (2016) medals in individual competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerswy/0agugiuf.html|title=OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Sergei Lobanov|website=www.olimpbase.org}}

In 2016, Sergei Lobanov won the bronze medal in the Saint Petersburg Chess Championship.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr213142.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Финал 89-го чемпионата Санкт-Петербурга среди мужчин|website=chess-results.com}} In 2017, he won Saint Petersburg International Chess tournament with Grandmaster norm.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr299759.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Saint-Petersburg GM 2017|website=chess-results.com}}

In 2017, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title,{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=24183750&title=IM&pb=50|title=FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)|website=ratings.fide.com}} and in 2022 he became a grandmaster (GM).

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