Aleksey Grebnev

Aleksey Grebnev
Personal information
BornAleksey Nikolaevich Grebnev
(2006-07-26) 26 July 2006
Tolyatti, Russia
Chess career
Country
  • Russia (until 2022)
  • FIDE (since 2022)
TitleGrandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating2632 (December 2025)
Peak rating2632 (December 2025)
RankingNo. 94 (December 2025)
Peak rankingNo. 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

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Aleksey Grebnev: Chess is Both Work and Leisure". 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (16 September 2023). "Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023: Grebnev & Tejaswini clinch Gold, Aswath & Bristy Silver, Rohith & Mounika Bronze".
  4. ^ "Aleksey Grebnev Becomes U18 World Youth Champion with One Round to Go". 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Grebnev and Shukhman win 2024 Asian Junior Championship". 19 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Dubai Open 2025 Cat – A". 4 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Aleksey Grebnev Wins Maters in Oskemen Open 2025 in Kazakhstan". 29 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Aleksey Grebnev defeats Marc'Andria Maurizzi in chess match". 2 October 2025.