Aleksey Grebnev
| Personal information | |
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| Born | Aleksey Nikolaevich Grebnev 26 July 2006 Tolyatti, Russia |
| Chess career | |
| Country |
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| Title | Grandmaster (2024)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2632 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2632 (December 2025) |
| Ranking | No. 94 (December 2025) |
| Peak ranking | No. 94 (December 2025) |
Aleksey Nikolaevich Grebnev (born 26 July 2006) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Grebnev started playing chess at the age of 6, and is coached by Dmitry Afanasiev and Maxim Matlakov.[2]
In September 2023, he won the Open section of the Tata Steel Asian Junior Championship, defeating Alekhya Mukhopadhyay in the final round to finish with a score of 7/9.[3]
In November 2023, he became the U18 World Youth Champion with one round to spare after defeating Prraneeth Vuppala in the penultimate round.[4]
In October 2024, he won the Open section of the Asian Junior Championship after grabbing the lead in Round 3 and maintaining it to the end.[5]
In June 2025, he won the Dubai Open with 7/9, after having better tiebreaks than Alan Pichot.[6] In July 2025, he won the Oskemen Open with 7/9, after having better tiebreaks than Richard Rapport.[7]
In October 2025, he defeated Marc'Andria Maurizzi in their FIDE World Cup 2025 qualification match.[8] At the World Cup, he made it to the fifth round after defeating Daniel Quizon, David Navara, Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the first four rounds. He was knocked out by compatriot Andrey Esipenko in the fifth round.
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ "Aleksey Grebnev: Chess is Both Work and Leisure". 30 November 2023.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (16 September 2023). "Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023: Grebnev & Tejaswini clinch Gold, Aswath & Bristy Silver, Rohith & Mounika Bronze".
- ^ "Aleksey Grebnev Becomes U18 World Youth Champion with One Round to Go". 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Grebnev and Shukhman win 2024 Asian Junior Championship". 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Dubai Open 2025 Cat – A". 4 June 2025.
- ^ "Aleksey Grebnev Wins Maters in Oskemen Open 2025 in Kazakhstan". 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Aleksey Grebnev defeats Marc'Andria Maurizzi in chess match". 2 October 2025.