Alexei Fedorov | |
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Country | Soviet Union → Russia Belarus (since 1993) |
Born | Mogilev, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | 27 September 1972
Title | Grandmaster (1995) |
Peak rating | 2684 (January 2000) |
Peak ranking | No. 14 (January 2000) |
Alexei Fedorov (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Фёдоров, Aleksey Dimitriyevich Fyodorov, Belarusian: Аляксей Фёдараў, Aliaksey Fyodarau; born 27 September 1972) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the titles International Master in 1992 and Grandmaster in 1995 by FIDE.[1]
Born in Mogilev,[1] after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he briefly played for Russia and from 1993 for the Belarusian Chess Federation.
Fedorov won the Belarusian Chess Championship in 1993, 1995, 2005 and 2008 and participated in seven Chess Olympiads (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008) with a performance of 54.3% (+22=32-16).[2] Fedorov competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002. In 1999 he was knocked out in the fourth round, while in 2000 and 2002 he was eliminated in the first.