Aleksey Goganov
| Aleksey Goganov | |
|---|---|
 Karlsruhe 2019 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Born | 26 July 1991 Saint Petersburg,[1] Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2476 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2643 (November 2016) |
Aleksey Goganov (Russian: Алексей Гоганов; born 26 July 1991) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2013. Goganov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2015 and 2017.
Chess career
[edit]Goganov is twice champion of Saint Petersburg: 2008 and 2016.[1] He won the Lev Polugaevsky Memorial in 2012 on tiebreak,[2] won the Chepukaitis Memorial in August 2013 and qualified for the Russian Chess Championship Superfinal in 2013, eventually finishing in eighth place.[3] In 2016, Goganov shared first place in the Riga Technical University Open in Riga with Martyn Kravtsiv (the eventual winner on tiebreak score), Hrant Melkumyan, Arturs Neikšāns and Jiří Štoček.[4]
In 2018 Aleksey Goganov had joined Mednyi Vsadnik group which came 4th place at the Euro Club Cup.[5]
He won the ChessMood Open 2021, held at Tsaghkadzor from 4-12 October.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aleksey Goganov Becomes St. Petersburg Champion". Russian Chess Federation. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Lev Polugaevsky Memorial concluded in Samara". Chessdom. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Russian Superfinal: Svidler, Gunina win". ChessBase. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (14 August 2016). "Riga Technical University Open 2016". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ André Schulz (11 October 2018). "Euro Club Cup kicks off in Greece Friday". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Indian GM SL Narayanan finishes second in chess tournament in Armenia". Times of India.
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