Alexander Anatolyevich Donchenko (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Донченко; born 22 March 1998) is a Russian-German chess grandmaster. He is the No. 10 ranked German player as of June 2022.[update][1]
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Full name | Alexander Anatolyevich Donchenko |
Country | Germany |
Born | 22 March 1998 (1998-03-22) (age 24) Moscow, Russia |
Title | Grandmaster (2015) |
FIDE rating | 2640 (July 2022) |
Peak rating | 2678 (February 2021) |
Peak ranking | No. 56 (February 2021) |
Born in 1998, Donchenko earned his international master title in 2012[2] and his grandmaster title in 2015.[3] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed 114th,[4] scoring 6/11 (+4–3=4).[5] He participated in the European Championship again in 2019, placing 103rd with 6½/11 (+5–3=3).[6]
Donchenko shared second with Gata Kamsky at the Biel Masters in July 2019 with 6½/9 (+5–1=3), half a point behind winner Amin Tabatabaei.[7] Donchenko competed in the Barcelona Open 2019, held from 27 September to 5 October. He scored 7½/9 (+6–0=3) to take clear-first place.[8]
Donchenko was a late replacement for Daniil Dubov in the 83rd Tata Steel Masters, as the latter withdrew due to a close associate testing positive for COVID-19.[9] Donchenko placed last in the tournament, with a score of 3½/13 (+0–6=7).[10]
In August 2021, he won Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.[11]
Born in Moscow, Donchenko moved to Germany as a young child.[8] He is the son of Anatoly Donchenko [de], an international master.[12]
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