Alexander Moroz ( uk, Олександр Стефанович Мороз; russian: Александр Мороз; 18 January 1961,

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– 17 January 2009) was a

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chess Grandmaster (1999). He was vice-president of the Ukrainian chess federation, president of the chess federation of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and

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of the youth committee of the Ukrainian chess federation as well as International Arbiter. His best single performance was at Momotov mem Yenakiieve, 1997, where he scored 8.5 of 13 points. Other successful results include equal 1st with

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Open 1992, 2nd behind Sergei Movsesian at

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1995, 1st at

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1999, and 3rd at Alushta Summer 2006.

Notable games

Alexander Moroz vs Evgeny Vladimirov, URS-ch otbor56 1988, Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61), 1-0Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Alexander Moroz, URS-chT 1990, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense (C99), 0-1Ratmir Kholmov vs Alexander Moroz, Decin op-A 1998, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian (B22), 0-1Alexander Moroz vs Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Antalya TUR 2001, Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Variation (C68), 1-0

References

External links

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Alexander Moroz at 365Chess.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moroz, Alexander 1961 births 2009 deaths Sportspeople from Dnipro Ukrainian chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess officials Chess arbiters 20th-century chess players