Vladimir Fedoseev

{{Short description|Russian-Slovenian chess grandmaster (born 1995)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{For|the Russian conductor|Vladimir Fedoseyev}}

{{Family name hatnote|Vasilyevich|Fedoseev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Vladimir Fedoseev

| image = Vladimir Fedoseev in 2025 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Fedoseev in 2025

| birth_name = Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev

| country = Russia (until May 2022)
FIDE (May 2022 - July 2023){{efn|name="flags"|Several Russian players officially switched federations 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}}
Slovenia (since July 2023)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|2|16}}

| birth_place =Saint Petersburg, Russia{{Cite web |url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/howell-claims-winter-classic-in-thrilling-finish |title=Howell claims Winter Classic in thrilling finish |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=21 March 2017 |website=chess24.com |access-date=2017-03-25}}

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| title = Grandmaster (2011)

| worldchampion =

| peakrating = 2739 (March 2025)

| peakranking = No. 16 (March 2025)

| FideID = 24130737

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Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev ({{langx|ru|Влади́мир Васи́льевич Федосе́ев}}; born 16 February 1995) is a Russian chess grandmaster playing for Slovenia.{{cite web | url=https://new.chess24.com/en/wall/news/fedoseev-to-play-for-slovenia-i-have-no-will-to-represent-russia | title=Fedoseev to play for Slovenia: "I have no will to represent Russia" | date=October 2023 }} He is the reigning European champion in Rapid chess and Chess960.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Fedoseev and Van Foreest win European Rapid and Blitz Championships |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/fedoseev-and-van-foreest-win-european-rapid-and-blitz-championships |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ChessBase |language=en}} He competed in the Chess World Cup in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023.{{cite web |title=World Cup Qualified Players |url=https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/World_Cup_2023_Qualified_Players.pdf |publisher=FIDE |access-date=30 May 2023}}

Career

Fedoseev tied for second place in the Chigorin Memorial 2010 tournament, finishing seventh on tiebreak.{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/safarli-wins-the-chigorin-memorial-in-st-petersburg |title=Safarli wins the Chigorin Memorial in St. Petersburg |publisher=ChessBase |last1=Sudakova |first1=Irina |last2=Mikheeva |first2=Elena |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=2015-08-21}} In 2011, Fedoseev won the under 18 section of the Russian Youth Championships{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/ruian-youth-championships-paving-the-future |title=Russian Youth Championships |date=30 April 2011 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2015-08-21}} and finished runner-up in the same division at the World Youth Chess Championship.[http://chess-results.com/tnr58159.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30&wi=821 World Youth Chess Championship - U 18 Open]. chess-results.com. In the same year, he played for the gold medal-winning Russian team in the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in Kocaeli, Turkey.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/russia-takes-gold-at-the-world-youth-under-16-chess-olympiad/ |title=Russia takes gold at the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad |date=31 October 2011 |publisher=Chessdom |access-date=2015-08-21}}

In 2012, Fedoseev tied for first place with Alexei Shirov in the Paul Keres Memorial rapid tournament in Tallinn, finishing second after playoffs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/alexei-shirov-wins-paul-keres-memorial/ |title=Alexei Shirov Wins Paul Keres Memorial |date=8 January 2012 |publisher=Chessdom}} In 2013, in Budva, Montenegro, he won the under-18 division of the European Youth Chess Championship, and also won the blitz and rapid events in the under-18 category.[http://chess-results.com/tnr111223.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 13th European Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2013 - Open U18] Chess-Results[http://chess-results.com/tnr111972.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 13th European Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2013 - Open U18] Chess-Results{{Cite web |url=http://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ECU-NEWSLETTER-130.pdf |title=ECU Newsletter 130 |date=1 October 2013 |publisher=European Chess Union }}

Fedoseev won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Individual Chess Championship in Yerevan, therefore qualifying for the 2015 FIDE World Cup.{{Cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/2014-euro-ch-motylev-wins-with-record-result |title=2014 Euro-Ch: Motylev wins with record result |last=Silver |first=Albert |date=18 March 2014 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2016-07-12}} Later that year, he finished third in the "Lake Sevan" round-robin tournament in Martuni, Armenia{{Cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/lake-sevan-2014-vidit-gujrathi-triumphs |title=Lake Sevan 2014: Vidit Gujrathi triumphs |date=14 August 2014 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2016-07-12 |author=Sagar Shah}} and in the World Junior Chess Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/lu-shanglei-and-aleksandra-goryachkina-won-the-world-junior-chess-titles-video/ |title=Lu Shanglei and Aleksandra Goryachkina won the World Junior Chess titles! (Video) |date=20 October 2014 |publisher=Chessdom}} In December 2014, he took part in the "Nutcracker Match of the Generations", a match between two teams, Princes (made up of Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Fedoseev, and Grigoriy Oparin) and Kings (Alexei Dreev, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, and Alexei Shirov), held in Moscow with the Scheveningen system.{{cite web |url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/nutcracker-match-of-the-generations-2014 |title=Nutcacker Match of the Generations 2014 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=25 December 2014 |publisher=The Week in Chess |access-date=2015-08-21}} Fedoseev was the top scorer of the event with 11/16 points.{{cite web |url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/christmas-nutcracker-fedoseev-stars |title=Christmas Nutcracker: Fedoseev stars |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=27 December 2014 |publisher=Chess24 |access-date=2015-08-21}}

In January 2015, he won the Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial in Taganrog.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/vladimir-fedoseev-wins-dvorkovich-memorial-2015/ |title=Vladimir Fedoseev wins Dvorkovich Memorial 2015 |publisher=Chessdom |date=29 January 2015 |access-date=2015-08-22}} In April of that year, he tied for first place in the Dubai Open, placing third on tiebreak;{{Cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/dragan-solak-wins-17th-dubai-open |title=Dragan Solak wins 17th Dubai Open |date=18 April 2015 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2016-07-12}} he also won the blitz tournament from the event.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/russian-gm-fedoseev-crowned-champion-of-dubai-open-blitz-tournament/ |title=Russian GM Fedoseev crowned champion of Dubai Open Blitz Tournament |date=11 April 2015 |publisher=Chessdom |access-date=2016-07-12}}

In 2016 Fedoseev shared first place in the Grenke Chess Open in Karlsruhe, Germany with Matthias Bluebaum, Nikita Vitiugov, Miloš Perunović, Ni Hua, and Francisco Vallejo Pons, taking second place on tiebreak.{{Cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/matthias-bluebaum-wins-grenke-chess-open |title=Matthias Blübaum wins GRENKE Chess Open |last=Souleidis |first=Georgios |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=ChessBase}}

In March 2017 Fedoseev came first in the Aeroflot Open.{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/vladimir-fedoseev-wins-the-aeroflot-open-2017 |title=Vladimir Fedoseev wins Aeroflot Open 2017 |date=4 March 2017 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=5 March 2017}} This victory earned him an invitation to the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, held in July of the same year. In this event he won against Vladimir Kramnik in the opening round{{Cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/45th-sparkassen-dortmund-kramnik-falls-to-fedoseev |title=45th Sparkassen Dortmund: Kramnik falls to Fedoseev |last=Silver |first=Albert |date=16 July 2017 |work=Chess News |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2018-01-02}} and eventually finished second,{{Cite web |url=http://chess24.com/en/read/news/fedoseev-on-dortmund-and-his-world-cup-dreams |title=Fedoseev on Dortmund and his World Cup dreams |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=1 August 2017 |website=chess24.com |access-date=2018-01-02}} edging out Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on tiebreak.{{Cite news |url=http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/vladimir_fedoseev_finished_second_in_dortmund/ |title=Vladimir Fedoseev Finished Second in Dortmund |date=23 July 2017 |work=Russian Chess Federation |access-date=2018-01-02}} In June 2017, Fedoseev tied for first place with Maxim Matlakov and Baadur Jobava in the European Individual Championship in Minsk and took the bronze medal on tiebreak.{{Cite web |url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/european-individual-chess-championship-2017 |title=European Individual Chess Championship 2017 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=10 June 2017 |website=The Week in Chess |access-date=2018-01-02}} Later in the same month, Fedoseev was part of the Russian team which won the silver medal in the World Team Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.{{Cite web |url=http://chess24.com/en/read/news/flawless-china-retain-world-team-championship |title=Flawless China retain World Team Championship |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=28 June 2017 |website=chess24.com |access-date=2018-01-02}} In September, he reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Tbilisi, after knocking out Yusnel Bacallao Alonso, Ernesto Inarkiev, Hikaru Nakamura and Maxim Rodshtein. Fedoseev was then eliminated from the competition by Wesley So. Two months later, Fedoseev won the Urii Eliseev Memorial in Moscow with a score of 4½/5 points.{{Cite web |url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/fedoseev-stars-in-eliseev-memorial |title=Fedoseev stars in Eliseev Memorial |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=20 November 2017 |website=chess24.com |access-date=2018-01-02}} In December he shared 3rd-4th places with Daniil Dubov in the Russian Championship Superfinal in St. Petersburg, finishing fourth on tiebreak,{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/peter-svidler-and-aleksandra-goryachkina-are-2017-russian-champions/ |title=Peter Svidler and Aleksandra Goryachkina are 2017 Russian Champions |date=15 December 2017 |website=Chessdom |access-date=2018-01-02}} and won the silver medal in the World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh, after losing the playoff to Viswanathan Anand.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/viswanathan-anand-and-ju-wenjun-are-world-rapid-champions/ |title=Viswanathan Anand and Ju Wenjun are World Rapid Champions! |date=28 December 2017 |website=Chessdom |access-date=2018-01-02}}

Through February and March 2022, Fedoseev played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he placed third in Pool B with a 3/6 result. In the second leg, he tied for third with Alexei Shirov in Pool C with a result of 2.5/6, finishing 19th in the standings with three points.

In December 2023, Fedoseev competed at World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2023 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. He won the silver medal in the rapid section, scoring 9.5/13, only finishing behind the highest seed, Magnus Carlsen.{{Cite web |last=Barden |first=Leonard |date=2023-12-29 |title=Chess: Magnus Carlsen World Rapid champion again and targets Blitz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/29/chess-magnus-carlsen-world-rapid-champion-again-and-targets-blitz |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}

In September 2024, Fedoseev defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in 45th Chess Olympiad.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2777138|website=chessgames.com|title=Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Fedoseev. Budapest Olympiad (2024), Budapest HUN, rd 9, Sep-20}} In December 2024, he won the European Rapid and Chess960 championships. In January 2025, Fedoseev qualified to the first leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour by winning the online qualifier. He defeated Leinier Domínguez, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Javokhir Sindarov in the knockout phase of the qualifier.{{cite magazine|magazine=ChessTopics|url=https://chesstopics.com/gm-vladimir-fedoseev-qualifies-for-1st-freestyle-chess-grand-slam/|title=GM Vladimir Fedoseev qualifies for 1st Freestyle Chess Grand Slam|date=January 8, 2025}} He won Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025 event.

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