Alexander Lastin

Alexander Lastin
CountryRussia
Born(1976-11-30)30 November 1976
Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died23 January 2015(2015-01-23) (aged 38)
Zheleznovodsk, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (1997)
Peak rating2659 (January 2010)
Peak rankingNo. 47 (October 2000)
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Alexander Lastin (Russian: Александр Ластин; 30 November 1976 – 23 January 2015) was a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997.

Lastin was born in Arkhangelsk and at three years old he moved to Zheleznovodsk.[1] In 2001 he tied for first with Alexander Motylev in the Russian Chess Championship and finished second on tiebreak.[2] Lastin won it in 2002.[3]

Lastin competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, where he was eliminated by Zhang Zhong in round two, after knocking out Ognjen Cvitan in the first. At the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he reached the third round, where he lost to Hikaru Nakamura and therefore was eliminated from the tournament. In March 2005 Lastin finished second at the Moscow Open.[4] Later that year, he placed equal second (third on tiebreak) in the 9th Voronezh Open.[5] and won the 7th Kuban Championship - Stepanov Memorial in Sochi.[6]

Lastin took clear first place in the Moscow Open 2006 scoring 7½ points out of 9.[7] In June 2007 he won the V.K.Doroshkevich Memorial tournament in Belorechensk.[8] He tied for first in 2008[9] and in 2009.[10] In the 2007 Voronezh Open he tied for first, placing second on tiebreak.[11]

In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th places with Nigel Short, Vadim Milov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Tamaz Gelashvili, Baadur Jobava, Gadir Guseinov and Farid Abbasov in the President's Cup in Baku.[12] At the Moscow Open 2008 he tied for second, finishing fifth on countback.[13] In September 2008 Lastin placed fourth in the Russian Championship Higher League[14] and qualified for the Superfinal of the Russian Championship, where he scored 5/11.[15] In 2013 Lastin won the Dombay Open edging out Artur Gabrielian on tiebreak.[16][17]

He died on 23 January 2015 in Zheleznovodsk.[18]

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  5. ^ Crowther, Mark (27 June 2005). "TWIC 555: 9th Chess Festival Voronezh". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  6. ^ "7 Kuban Ch.Stepanov Mem". Archive. Tournament report January 2006. FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. ^ "International festival "Moscow Open 2006"". Russian Chess Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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  10. ^ SouthFR Chmp. 2009 open - Doroshkevich Memorial Archive. Tournament report July 2009. FIDE
  11. ^ Crowther, Mark (16 July 2007). "TWIC 659: V.K.Doroshkevich Memorial". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  12. ^ "FIDE Archive. Tournament report July 2008: President's Cup, 2008". FIDE. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Artyom Timofeev wins Moscow Open 2008". ChessBase. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  14. ^ Polgar, Susan (14 September 2008). "Timofeev Wins Russian HL Championship". Chess Daily News. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  15. ^ Crowther, Mark (20 October 2008). "TWIC 728: Russian Championship". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  16. ^ Crowther, Mark (28 October 2013). "TWIC 990: Dombai Open 2013". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Artur Gabrielian shares first-second positions at Dombai tournament". Armenpress.
  18. ^ "Alexander Lastin Has Passed Away". Chess-News.ru. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.