Alexander Graf (''né'' Nenashev; born 25 August 1962) is an Uzbekistani-German

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

grandmaster. He was Uzbekistani Chess Champion in 1989 and

German Chess Champion The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion. Prior to 1880, three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the ''Westdeutscher Schachbund'' (WDSB), the ''Norddeutscher Schachbund ...

in 2004.

Chess career

He won the

Uzbekistani Chess Championship The Uzbekistani Chess Championship is a chess tournament held in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; rus ...

in 1989. Nenashev played for the silver medal-winning Uzbek team at the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila; he also won the individual gold medal on board three. In 1996 Nenashev won the

Cappelle-la-Grande Open The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985. It is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess cl ...

. In 2000 he took German citizenship. In the same year he won the 2nd

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Open and the 4th ''Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft'' ("Open International Bavarian Chess Championship") in

Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee (Central Bavarian: ''Bad Wiessä'') is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Upper Bavaria in Germany. Since 1922, it has been a spa town and located on the western shore of the Tegernsee Lake. It had a population of around ...

. In 2001 he took his father's surname "Graf" and started to represent Germany. Graf won the bronze medal in the 2003

European Individual Chess Championship The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's), ...

. In 2004 he won the

German Chess Championship The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion. Prior to 1880, three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the ''Westdeutscher Schachbund'' (WDSB), the ''Norddeutscher Schachbund ...

. Graf won at Bad Wiessee for the second time in his career in 2011.

Personal life

Alexander Graf is

married Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

to German-Azerbaijani Woman Grandmaster

Rena Graf Renas may refer to: Places * Rena, Badajoz, a municipality in Extremadura, Spain * Rena, Norway, a village in Innlandet county, Norway * Rena, Washington, a community in Clallam County, Washington, United States People * Rena (given name), list o ...

(Mamedova).Alexander Graf alias Nenaschew überholt seine Landsleute
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10 mart 2001, Nr. 59, S. 39

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* * * * 1962 births Living people Uzbekistani chess players German chess players Chess grandmasters Sportspeople from Tashkent Russian and Soviet-German people {{Germany-chess-bio-stub