Alexander Moroz ( uk, Олександр Стефанович Мороз; russian: Александр Мороз; 18 January 1961, Dnipropetrovsk – 17 January 2009) was a

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

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and chairman of the youth committee of the Ukrainian chess federation as well as

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. His best single performance was at Momotov mem

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, 1997, where he scored 8.5 of 13 points. Other successful results include equal 1st with

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at Częstochowa Open 1992, 2nd behind

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at Pardubice 1995, 1st at

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1999, and 3rd at

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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