GM Alexander Areshchenko

Alexander Areshchenko is a Ukrainian grandmaster and the 2005 Ukrainian Chess Champion. Prior to winning the national championship at just 19 years old, he won the U14 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2000, ahead of future GM Wang Yue. Areshchenko won individual silver at the 2007 European Team Chess Championship and is ranked in the top-50 players in the world (as of March 2021).

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (28 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (24 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (20 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (18 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský, Traditional Line (17 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (71 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (30 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (30 games)

King's Indian Defense (23 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (22 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Alexander Areshchenko (2667) Rasmus Svane (2651)	1-0	66	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2670) Mateusz Bartel (2618)	1-0	33	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2670) Gabor Nagy (2518)	1-0	57	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2671) Tomasz Warakomski (2541)	0-1	61	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2667) Markus Ragger (2636)	½-½	50	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2649) Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2558)	½-½	37	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2649) Arkadiusz Leniart (2479)	½-½	40	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2632) Ante Brkic (2610)	½-½	21	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2632) Vincent Keymer (2698)	½-½	23	2022
Alexander Areshchenko (2687) Ivan Ivanisevic (2606)	1-0	44	2021

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