Alexander Goloshchapov (Ukrainian: Олександр Голощапов; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian chess player and trainer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999.
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Country | Ukraine |
Born | (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 44) Ukraine |
Title | Grandmaster (1999) |
FIDE rating | 2578 (November 2022) |
Peak rating | 2588 (July 2013) |
In 2001 he tied for 1st–3rd with Alexander Riazantsev and Teimour Radjabov in the Alushta Spring tournament.[1] In 2002 Goloshchapov won the Dubai Open.[2] In 2004, came 4th in the 73rd Ukrainian Chess Championship.[3] He tied for 2nd–7th with Friso Nijboer, Eduardas Rozentalis, Michail Brodsky, Erwin L'Ami and Ian Rogers in the Essent Open 2005.[4] In 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with Vugar Gashimov, Sergei Azarov, Yuri Drozdovskij, Sergey Grigoriants, Krishnan Sasikiran, Vladimir Burmakin and Marcin Szelag in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[5]
In 2015 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Goloshchapov has trained, among others, Parimarjan Negi,[6] S. P. Sethuraman,[7] and Vaibhav Suri.[8]
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